10/28/2009
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"This bill will just codify that, make sure that is the law, that you cannot pay a per diem to a facility that is not meeting safety standards."
"S. 1558 would require the DVA to extend outreach services to veterans via cooperative awareness programs with various Federal and state agencies."
"the greatest thing I have to tell you, Mr. Chairman, is the one in Fairbanks that just opened, the Tanana Chiefs facility, well, I wish when I was growing up as a kid in Alaska I had that kind of dent..."
"I would love to get your input additionally as we work through this because it is critical especially in rural Alaska."