Mark Begich: “If you don't do that dramatic change to something that now--I've heard now, it has gone on for 10 years.”

All we want to do is fix it for Alaska Native people. That is all.

I want to make sure my colleagues hear exactly what you are saying, so a couple years from now, we do not hear complaints that, geez, why did you not do it?

We specifically extend our appreciation to Senator Murkowski and Senator Begich for their support and efforts to repeal the Alaska exception of the Violence Against Women Act.

That is actually an old model. That is a model that we are trying to get rid of.