Mark Begich: “We have a huge Alaska Native veteran population, American Indian population, in Alaska: 150,000-plus.”

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 have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

It has been an honor to be here.

Implementing the Affordable Care Act eclipsed things.