I want to focus on the appeals process.
It is not fair to veterans, and it is not fair to a lot of the dedicated men and women who work at the VA because their ...
What you are saying is that in the short term more resources and more people will help stem the rising tide, but over th...
In Connecticut, as you know, just to take one example, appeals are currently on hold because of the shift of resources t...
What we need to do is partly enable and empower them, and partly get out of their way, but at the same time hold them ac...
I am proud that Senator Patty Murray has worked so hard with me.
It really is a breakthrough moment for the Veterans Choice Program and for health care provided by the VA.
None of us on this panel is a doctor, and none of us in the United States Senate, or in Congress, or anywhere in Governm...
That is what Roe v. Wade essentially said. It is the right of privacy. It is a constitutional right.
I have long believed that decisions by women about their reproductive rights ought to be made by them in consultation wi...
I would say the answer is 'yes,' because, again, the credibility that this technology has may become exceedingly fragile...
May I respectfully suggest that the answer to the question--should there be mandatory safety and privacy standards--is y...
Thank you very much for your visit to Connecticut about a month ago.
But this year's budget, I think, flat funds 811.
I just want to thank you personally for your work, for your focus on many of our shared priorities.
States like ours are just in tremendous budget crunches, in part because, when you don't properly house these individual...
In the time that I have remaining, just wanted to talk to you about the Section 811 Supportive Housing program, what a t...
we were building about 500 new units out of 811 with Federal dollars when I came to Congress, in part because of legisla...