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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member and the Committee staff for facilitating an authorized field hearing that we had in Maine last Friday on--it was fabulous--on long-term care.
I would urge you to take a serious look at that. And we have had testimony at this Committee that this is one of the suicide factors.
I recently read a book by the great historian William L. Shirer--not ``The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,'' which we all read some years ago, but a book about the fall of the Third Republic. It was about France between the wars, between…
Well, my experience has been that the Vet Centers in Maine are a high return, low cost service very cost-effective way of serving the needs, meeting the needs of veterans.
I would like to ask unanimous consent that my defense fellow, Michael Marfut, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 118th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I would urge you to take a serious look at that. And we have had testimony at this Committee that this is one of the suicide factors.
Well, my experience has been that the Vet Centers in Maine are a high return, low cost service very cost-effective way of serving the needs, meeting the needs of veterans.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member and the Committee staff for facilitating an authorized field hearing that we had in Maine last Friday on--it was fabulous--on long-term care.
Maine has one of the highest percentages based on population in the country of veterans. That's something I'm very proud of.
Fortunately, that was averted, but it would have caused tremendous hardship to veterans and their families, and Maine is not unique in this regard.
First, I want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member and the Committee staff for facilitating an authorized field hearing that we had in Maine last Friday on--it was fabulous--on long-term care.
We had really good witnesses. We had veterans, we had officials from the VA, and it was very illuminating and educational.
Maine is the oldest state in the nation by median age.
I would urge you to take a serious look at that. And we have had testimony at this Committee that this is one of the suicide factors.