Mark Begich: “The government shutdown was totally unnecessary and inflicted needless economic damage on families and businesses across…”

We have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

Implementing the Affordable Care Act eclipsed things.

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?