Mark Begich

Yes, it is. That is a good point.

I think that experience would certainly be relevant and would help prepare me well to be a Superior Court judge.

Sometimes people like me get a little crazy.

During the gun ban, there was no evidence really that it had a significant impact for bettering D.C.

I have seen some of the solar energy that the marines have utilized in the Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), and it is unbelievable.

I really appreciate the work you all have been doing to enhance the training facility in Alaska for SEALS.

Well, I'll tell you, to the Fairbanks economy, it sure as heck is.

I can tell you in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Eielson touches, you hear rumblings all the time, and I want to make sure it's clear, and this is a great place to do it, to make sure it's on the record and that it's very clear how this process…

I look forward to further discussion on this because I think we have to be real about what these costs will be, because they will not be in the thousands, they will not be in the millions. They will be in the billions because of the amount…

I know that people don't want to say the words 'climate change.' They all flip out.

Seeing the marines and the Navy there, Anchorage loved it, incredible technology on that ship.

I agree with him, we should be continuing to look overseas and seeing where we can and squeeze down where we can there.

You acknowledge that's the rule.

I want to make sure you concur with the understanding that Congress has on this, that you would not propose, like last year, when the Air Force tried to backdoor an effort, especially on Eielson Air Force Base, do you concur with the…

That would be great.

Sen. Mark Begich's S. 287 serves a straightforward purpose: to include this provision in VA's definition of 'homeless veteran.'

Homelessness is hundreds of thousands of individual disasters occurring side by side, unfortunately, the need to flee domestic violence is one of those terrible conditions that lead to such homelessness.

Senator Mark Begich's S. 287 serves a straightforward purpose: to include this provision in VA's definition of a homeless veteran.

Why can the VA not replicate what the National Institute of Health does in the sense of creating a database?

I only have limited time here so I want to get right to it.

I hope that is not one of the reasons. That is now one of the reasons, correct?

I have been pushing my Alaska Hero's Card, and I want to commend the VA on getting the Tribes to see veterans in rural areas where there are no VA facilities.

We take the issue of domestic violence incredibly serious.

The idea is to expand the definition of homelessness.

We support Senator Begich's broadening the definition of homeless veterans.