With winter rapidly approaching, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich wrote on Monday to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki to remind the administration of the need to reduce homelessness among Alaska’s veterans and suggest ways the VA can act to help.
In an effort to make it easier for Alaskans and other Americans to exercise their right to bear arms on federal lands, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is cosponsoring legislation to make gun regulations consistent across all federal recreational lands.
Citing the need for increased American icebreaking capacity for both national security and marine commerce, U.S. Senator Mark Begich introduced legislation to prevent the decommissioning and scrapping of the Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Sea.
Continuing a push for an education policy that respects the uniqueness and variety of Alaska’s classrooms, U.S. Senator Mark Begich is urging the State of Alaska to apply for a waiver to the burdensome and broken No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).