So tell me what your ideal hiring process would look like.
So you are not laying the blame on the Hot Springs facility, that this facility for some reason is the anchor that is dragging down the rest...
So when you remove services, do you remove the ability to service patients?
Is it not true that you have justified the closing of this facility based on more veterans seeking services in Rapid City?
I believe that the true potential of this hospital has not been reached and that the services that our veterans deserve must return to Hot S...
I told you I would come back with the whole delegation and we did.
But as we lose services here, it obviously would cause more veterans to seek care in Rapid City as well.
I do not fault them one bit for not bringing that up during this process.
I wanted to follow up with President Brewer. I wanted you to speak a little bit about the veterans that we have currently living on Pine Rid...
So who has been fired?
I believe one of them--it was a conversation that happened several months ago about checkups for pacemakers no longer being done here in Hot...
I am very concerned. As a representative of the VA, do you believe that you are carrying out the mission of the VA?
So ensuring that this facility is able to continue serving the men and women who have worn America's uniform is on my top priorities.
So you are saying the standard of care changed and that is why that service can no longer be offered here at Hot Springs.
the thing that is really unfortunate about the situation is that one of the biggest reasons you have used for closing down the Hot Springs f...
I think it might be because they have not gotten answers to their original questions.
But I would like to know what changes you are implementing.
[r]eplacing NTIA's role with another governmental organization would be disastrous and we would vigorously oppose such a plan.
