Mark Begich: “PVA is pleased to see this legislation put forward by Sen. Begich and fully supports it.”

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

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.