We need navigation help. We need people that can help veterans know what the programs are, what is available, and how to navigate what is sometimes a pretty daunting system.

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. I, too, rise to support the fiscal year 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act. I particularly thank Ranking Member DeLauro for her leadership and perseverance in working on this. I also thank my…

We have gotten less bullshit from you today than any witnesses I have ever heard.

That is a common sense approach to a problem that probably got incurred by just, not oversight, but overlooked.

Why don't we spend as much money on transition as we do on recruiting?

Why don't we spend as much money on transition as we do on recruiting?

That is a common sense approach to a problem that probably got incurred by just, not oversight, but overlooked.

We have gotten less bullshit from you today than any witnesses I have ever heard.

Let's get this done.

You earn two separate benefits, you should get them, period. Richard Star, common sense.

several of the amendments that we will vote on propose a full-year continuing resolution that would lock in dangerously inadequate funding levels for our national defense and lead to cuts in other vital programs serving our veterans…

I want to mention, and I should have mentioned before, I mentioned the Caribou cemetery. One of the key people in establishing that cemetery was Senator Collins' father.

I hope that might be a bit of a focus of your work is to find ways to recognize and acknowledge those volunteers because I think they are really important.

I think this is one of the most successful programs we are engaged in and we need to maintain our support and continue our oversight.

We now have another national cemetery at Acadia National Cemetery in Jonesboro.

I hope you will continue to do that because it is such a meaningful benefit and it is so meaningful to the families.

If your dog runs away you can still see him for 3 days.

I just want to very briefly recognize my good friend, the Republican leader, for his extraordinary service, not only to our caucus but, more important, to the Senate as an institution and to our country. His tenure as leader will be…