If there is a facility within 40 miles, it may not provide the services that the veteran needs.

And that is where, in part, the technology that has been described here comes into play.

We need to make sure that the follow-through occurs and that the families who have suffered so much... have something to take comfort.

I worry about the same circumstance under the Choice Act.

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…

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.

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?

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.

I am committed. We are going to get this Section 910 repealed, get that done and over with.

I would encourage this body as they move forward that not only is it important to discuss these issues here in this Committee, but as we talk on the floor of the Senate and other committees we sit on, that we discuss the importance of the…

When it takes our young people to shame the grownups into action, we darned well better be paying attention.

I want to take this opportunity to thank him for his leadership on these issues that we both agree are critically important to the Native people of our State and not just the Native people of our State because I think we recognize that our…

We must address the trauma faced by our Native children.

We have to be able to have the resources to provide for this level of safety and security.

I have committed to him, as I have committed to Alaskans, that one of the things we can do most certainly at this point in time is to repeal Section 910 of VAWA, absolutely Alaska-specific there, but I think an effort that goes a long way…

We specifically extend our appreciation to Senator Murkowski and Senator Begich for their support and efforts to repeal the Alaska exception of the Violence Against Women Act.

But we have not seen that through the budgets put forth by this Administration. We have seen zero help there. We need you to help us. I am going to be very direct with that because we are going to demand that you help us.

Thank you for your work and efforts to repeal Section 910 of the Violence Against Women Act.