We have one of the highest percent per capita, so we have a huge demand for veterans' services in Alaska.
There is no more rural State than Alaska in the sense of delivery of services and how you can get from one point to the next.
We also did a MOU in 2007 working with the VA to prepare for the returning 100 soldiers that were coming out of rural Alaska, 26 villages.
If you can do it in Alaska, you can do it anywhere.
I want to express, if I could, how much I appreciate the opportunity for the purpose of this hearing to act as Ranking Member.
it's all Federal monies regardless of which Federal agency provides the care, the VA or the IHS.
There was a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed way back in February 2003 between the VA, HHS, and IHS that said they would collabor...
It is very important, obviously, to many of our States here, but very much so to Alaska, which is very, very rural in a lot of ways and acce...
Providing health care to rural veterans is critical, especially in States that are rural, like Montana, like Nebraska, Alaska.
I applaud that. I am very interested in hearing about the progress we have made in the past year.
Our goal here is to have VA deliver timely, quality health care services to our veterans.
Their number-one goal is to keep the public safe.
Is this an area you would look into and help us try to figure out a resolution?
I want to reiterate the point, but also make sure you and I are on the same page...
I will stack the police department that I had against any public safety team in this country.
Would it be fair, in our conversation we had, that there is some differences...
Will you do everything possible to make sure that whatever rules, regulations, procedures--everything you do will ensure the safety of trave...
I do have--I want to restate some of the questions we talked about.
