Mark Begich actually said...

"We just want to have a strategy that has an action plan that we can look at and determine if we can fund it, help it, make it happen from the State, local, private, Federal level."

"We rob everywhere."

"This is our effort to move the Senate into the 21st Century as we do this testimony."

"As a former mayor myself, I know firsthand how important it is to have personnel and resources to prevent and fight fires when they occur."