Mark Begich: “Thank you both for being here today and thanks for the work that you do for Indian Country and Alaska Native communities…”

All we want to do is fix it for Alaska Native people. That is all.

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

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

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?