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What happens with the others? Which is not what this Committee is supposed to be about, but the truth is we all have--there ought to be some notifications made by the rest home that talks about what the recourse is.
Chairman Tester led a bipartisan letter to CMS on this very issue, discouraging CMS from taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
I think the point Senator King made, that closing down a rest home is not a higher outcome necessarily.
low Medicaid reimbursement rates often leave nursing homes with no choice but to close their doors.
Thank you and Senator Murkowski for introducing the CHARGE Act, which would reinstate the waiver for bed-hold occupancy requirements.
I hope that when you are in the highest levels of the Pentagon, that you discuss this candidly.
Put simply, it puts our national security at risk.
There is pressure in a CR (Continuing Resolution) environment, however, for new starts or new contracts, which has delayed in some cases what we had intended to originally buy.
You are not immune from recruiting challenges that our active-duty military services face, nor are you immune from disruptive impacts of Government shutdowns, continuing resolutions.
The workload certainly isn't decreasing, and the ongoing mission in the Southwest border, as well as your support to European Command, demonstrate exactly that.
The National Guard and Reserves have always done more with less, fewer full-time personnel, smaller budgets, older weapons systems and vehicles, and aging IT infrastructure and facilities.
Ultimately, this person didn't do it without somebody above him knowing what was going on.
The CR does impact our ability to get a start with it.
They may not have been born here, but they love this country as much as any of us who pledge allegiance to that flag.
They may not have been born here, but they love this country as much as any of us who pledge allegiance to that flag.
We appreciate your work and making sure that our national defense is up to where it needs to be.
I think it is important we plan for how utilize this money and so that the taxpayer gets the biggest bang for the buck.