Mark Begich: “I want to acknowledge the new Ranking Member, Senator Rubio, and welcome his shared desire about developing an active…”

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?

Just assuming the private sector is going to absorb all this is not realistic.

How we approach this mental health system for the VA cannot be in isolation of the mental health system of this country.