If you can't--if you can't get enough people, you're not going to be able to meet the staffing ratios which could mean a loss of capacity rather than a gain for the veterans.

So the problem wasn't the service, it was the time to get the service; is that correct?

So it's a vicious circle. The workload goes up, the staff burns out and leaves, and then you've got another gap.

The good is we have a historically low unemployment rate, but that creates the question of the migratory workforce.

I want to publicly thank the chair and co-chair of the committee, Jon Tester of Montana and Jerry Moran of Kansas.

And my problem with the regulation is it's the best being the enemy of the good because if the result is closed nursing homes and fewer beds, we haven't gained anything.

TAP is the Transition Assistance Program?

Every day that you delay a nursing-home placement, the veteran is happier and the taxpayers are happier.

The cheapest health intervention is the one that doesn't happen.

And the VSOs have an important role to play here it seems to be. They're representatives that can act as that navigator buddy system for an individual veteran.

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the Special Diabetes Program and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) are making a tremendous difference in the lives of people with diabetes

This legislation is literally right on the money.

the steadfast leadership of the Senate Diabetes Caucus Co-Chair Senator Collins, who just had to leave, unfortunately, and Senator Shaheen