I think we all agree that greater use of technology is essential.
Our doors in Alaska are open to anyone, regardless of race or whoever they are.
This is something that the VA is really going to have to help us with, because we are putting money out there.
We have to continue to get that. We can't even make some decisions with our committee because we don't know where they a...
I think the higher the elevation you can give it, the better off we are.
I will say this, and I appreciate that, because I know when you do these programs, sometimes you want to just keep going...
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 ...
We also did a MOU in 2007 working with the VA to prepare for the returning 100 soldiers that were coming out of rural Al...
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 M...
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...
It is very important, obviously, to many of our States here, but very much so to Alaska, which is very, very rural in a ...
Providing health care to rural veterans is critical, especially in States that are rural, like Montana, like Nebraska, A...
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.
