The VA should not be hassling ailing veterans for the VA's own errors.

We strongly support this proposal to begin actively incorporating data and benefit usage into overall suicide prevention efforts within VA.

Look, Senator Moran and myself come from places where health care is hard to find if you are in the VA.

I have been critical of past VA administrations because of the failure to do more outreach.

Veterans support this legislation. That is what we are concerned with.

To try to create the narrative that the market is phasing coal out is simply false.

We support both Senator Tester' and Senator Moran's community care proposals presented here today.

I think we should all agree on that--and regardless, we should be doing everything we possibly can to make sure we have a VA where veterans can get the highest quality of care they deserve.

The bipartisan settlement we are looking at today is the result of years of negotiations between the tribe, local elected officials, irrigators, State legislators, Federal agencies, and other stakeholders to hammer out a fair compromise.

How important is it to finalize this last remaining water settlement in the State of Montana and have a bill that could be implemented at the State, Federal, and local level?

The CHARGE Act makes permanent essential programs that expired in May.

The St. Mary's canal system, and we call it the Milk River Project, is critical for the Hi-Line communities and agriculture.

The federal government must honor its commitments to tribal nations.

Today's hearing is a testament to hard work and determination getting done if you fight and work for common sense solutions.

How many veterans do we not have in the VA system that has earned that right, just because of a bad experience with a bad employee.

We invest in infrastructure to provide clean drinking water and irrigation for tribal and non-tribal members.

We have to get this done, because in Montana we make good on our promises and we work together to get things done and find that common ground.

We cannot replace the production. This is a critical part of that.