Determined to bring more transparency to government and protect Alaskans’ privacy rights, U.S. Senator Mark Begich Tuesday co-sponsored a bill that would put an end to the secret court rulings on controversial government surveillance programs.
Continuing his strong support of Alaska’s National Guard and Reserve members, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich has introduced legislation to ease the burden of travel costs on Guard and Reserve members when travelling hundreds of miles to fulfill their monthly training requirements.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich criticized Republican and Democratic leaders as well as President Obama last night for a lack of leadership and failure to produce a balanced deficit reduction plan that would prevent the ‘sequestration’, or automatic budget cuts, that are set to go into effect this Friday.