Mark Begich: “I want to thank you, Joe, for your testimony.”

We specifically extend our appreciation to Senator Murkowski and Senator Begich for their support and efforts to repeal the Alaska exception of the Violence Against Women Act.

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.

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