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If you are an employee at the VA and you have a complaint about the way VA operates, is it different today in your ability to communicate that and find a result and feel comfortable that your job is secure, that you are doing something…
We need to make sure that the follow-through occurs and that the families who have suffered so much... have something to take comfort.
This has got to be something much different than another hearing about this topic.
What is the difference? What is the cause of that? Why is there such a difference between two different places?
And that is where, in part, the technology that has been described here comes into play.
We have been pushing the VA for years to better include marriage and family therapists and licensed professional mental health counselors.
You know, I suppose the takeaway for me in listening to what has been said is that too often we hear the stories.
The question I asked about those licensed professionals 6 months ago that got no answer from the VA, I will submit those questions again in writing.
I worry about the same circumstance under the Choice Act.
Well, that was an interesting thing for me to learn, is that we sometimes separate the benefits side from the health care side of the VA.
the question then becomes, is the problem that we do not know what to do or that we have not connected the veteran with the people who do know what to do?
How we define what a facility is is going to determine whether very many veterans are actually going to be able to access health care.
If there is a facility within 40 miles, it may not provide the services that the veteran needs.
In the immediate aftermath, I called President Bush. He was at Camp David. I told him he needed to get FEMA out to Greensburg right away.
I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on the critical importance of tax relief and assistance available to cities and towns that have been hit by natural disasters.
On rollcall No. 517, I was detained en route from National Airport. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________
The trust and credibility of the administration and Government are waning as the American public loses confidence each day with demonstrated failures of the current strategy, but that trust must be restored, but will only be restored with…