I really appreciate you taking the time to walk me and Senator Shaheen through the plans that you and your team are working on.

It will be very important to New Hampshire veterans and for our whole community to meet that deadline, if not earlier.

what you all are trying to do is make sure that you are repairing this facility to a point where we will not see these kinds of ongoing failures, which have really been incredibly disruptive to veterans in New Hampshire.

I call on my colleagues, particularly those people who are holding, in masse, ambassadorial nominations from coming to the floor.

We cannot effectively compete if we do not have qualified, confirmed ambassadors in place.

I would just add that we know that women serving in the military have a higher rate of unintended pregnancies than the general population in this country.

I would just add that we know that women serving in the military have a higher rate of unintended pregnancies than the general population in this country.

I've introduced an amendment in the last three NDAAs to try and set up a registry.

I am beginning to hear some concern from districts in New Hampshire, who, because of the challenges they have encountered from contractor capacity issues, from supply chain problems; they are concerned about whether they are going to be…

I would encourage you to also reach out to the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), about what they are doing, because I think there are some opportunities there to coordinate in ways that would be impactful.

I enjoyed the exchange with Senator Murray about the funds that Congress allocated through the CARES Act, and the American Rescue Plan that have gone to schools.

I think whatever clarity can be provided is really important, because as I said, we are hearing from districts in New Hampshire who are not clear about what they need to do in order to ensure that they can complete their projects.

They have a whole campaign trying to make sure people understand how deadly this fentanyl challenge is, and how potentially, harmful it is for anybody who may get access to fentanyl.

I would encourage you to also reach out to the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), about what they are doing, because I think there are some opportunities there to coordinate in ways that would be impactful.

I've introduced an amendment in the last three NDAAs to try and set up a registry.

When we have lost over 70,000 people from fentanyl, in 1 year, it is a threat to our students that is every bit as bad as suicide, or any other threat that they are facing.

I am beginning to hear some concern from districts in New Hampshire, who, because of the challenges they have encountered from contractor capacity issues, from supply chain problems; they are concerned about whether they are going to be…

When we have lost over 70,000 people from fentanyl, in 1 year, it is a threat to our students that is every bit as bad as suicide, or any other threat that they are facing.