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Maine Veterans' Homes facilities in rural parts of our state fill a critical need, and they allow our veterans to stay close to their loved ones.

I know my time has expired, so I will submit the rest of my questions for the record. I would note that the Office of Rural Health has been flat-funded in the President's budget, and that is of great concern to me.

Making sure that our veterans receive the care that they have earned is personally very important to me.

I authored, that was enacted into law in December of 2020. This law requires the VA to implement a waiver authority to provide the flexibility to pay per diem for veterans with the early-stage dementia, when that is in the best interest of…

I just wanted to add my congratulations to my friend and colleague Senator Murray for casting her 10,000th vote. She has been such a remarkable leader, a steady force, a hard worker, and it has been wonderful to work in partnership with…

I hope that--it seems to me that is an important role that the Department can play.

I consider one of the most important parts of your mandate to be supporting and encouraging the development of alternative storage.

If that happens, people are going to look back and say--they were arguing about disruption to the fossil fuel industry?

I hope that--it seems to me that is an important role that the Department can play.

I consider one of the most important parts of your mandate to be supporting and encouraging the development of alternative storage.

If that happens, people are going to look back and say--they were arguing about disruption to the fossil fuel industry?

We have to do permitting reform.

There was a lot of discussion at the beginning of this hearing about disruption to the fossil fuel industry, and I don't think anybody can deny that that is occurring.

If you ask a Senator who is a former Governor which job they like better, if they say Senator, you know they'll lie to you about other things.

There should be criminal penalties, in my view, for knowingly trying to take advantage of veterans, committing fraud against the VA or the veterans.

Do you believe the GUARD VA Act is an important tool? Do you support the bill or do you have suggestions as to how we might improve it?

Clinical holds can be an important and appropriate tool for the Agency to utilize when a potential concern with an application has surfaced.

I consider the FDA to be the gold standard globally in approving drugs and I find this court ruling to be more reflective of the judge's personal views rather than a fair and impartial analysis of the facts of the case.