The staffing ratio issue, which Senator Cassidy and Senator King and probably everybody around this table could talk about, from a CMS stand...
So for a number of reasons, in Montana, not having anything to do with CMS, we have, I think, lost 11 rest homes.
Thank you and Senator Murkowski for introducing the CHARGE Act, which would reinstate the waiver for bed-hold occupancy requirements.
Chairman Tester led a bipartisan letter to CMS on this very issue, discouraging CMS from taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
What happens with the others? Which is not what this Committee is supposed to be about, but the truth is we all have--there ought to be some...
I think the point Senator King made, that closing down a rest home is not a higher outcome necessarily.
A full-year continuing resolution (CR) would be a fiscally unsound way of funding the Department, the Navy, the Navy Reserve and government ...
Unfortunately, what we have found is some of the supply chain issues has delayed the delivery of some of those goods.
100 percent correct.
There is pressure in a CR (Continuing Resolution) environment, however, for new starts or new contracts, which has delayed in some cases wha...
I hope that when you are in the highest levels of the Pentagon, that you discuss this candidly.
The National Guard and Reserves have always done more with less, fewer full-time personnel, smaller budgets, older weapons systems and vehic...
Put simply, it puts our national security at risk.
I think it is important we plan for how utilize this money and so that the taxpayer gets the biggest bang for the buck.
They may not have been born here, but they love this country as much as any of us who pledge allegiance to that flag.
We appreciate your work and making sure that our national defense is up to where it needs to be.
The CR does impact our ability to get a start with it.
It would misalign billions of dollars in resources in a manner inconsistent with evolving threats and the national security landscape.
