Mark Begich: “Thank you very much, Ed.”

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 89, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall…

Fewer than 20 Alaska native Vietnam-era veterans have received their conveyances. A big part of the reason why so few of the more than 2,000 eligible Vietnam-era veterans or their heirs have received those lands is because they were…

I would hope that you would do the same thing. It is critical to get those different layers of services available.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 524, S. 1474. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1474)…