Mark Begich: “The reality is the vision is there but there is not a funding mechanism yet, and the President is not recommending one.”

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.

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

Thank you for your work and efforts to repeal Section 910 of the Violence Against Women Act.