Mark Begich: “This committee is focused on trying to elevate the issues of our oceans at a much different level than has been done in…”

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.

Implementing the Affordable Care Act eclipsed things.

Just assuming the private sector is going to absorb all this is not realistic.