Mark Begich: “No matter what the data says. It could say that there's going to be a lot of fish and they say, 'Well, that's not…”

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?

It has been an honor to be here.

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

Implementing the Affordable Care Act eclipsed things.