Meeting these demands are critical to ensuring that veterans receive the care and support they have earned.

I continue to be very concerned about veterans who are targeted by scammers.

Procurements are a critical part of the VA enterprise, whether it be for goods like medical supplies or services such as compensation and pension exams or facilities upgrades.

I support H.R.1, I'm all for that. I'm like, show me your 10 senators, then.

As Arizona's senior Senator and Chair of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, it is important that I closely examine the management and effectiveness of Federal programs.

I would urge you to make sure that communities such as Phoenix, that utilize these programs, are brought to the table early and often.

Given the significant increase in the number of families and unaccompanied minors coming to our border, there is a critical need in my State of Arizona for Federal resources and personnel to manage the challenge, protect our communities…

I think it is critically important that any part of a formal review like that should have stakeholder engagement.

I believe that any such debate should include humanitarian crisis, such as the migrant crisis we are facing in Arizona and along our border.

Thank you, Chairman Peters, and thank you to Ranking Member Portman for holding this important hearing.

the lack of information in ILER should not be used as dispositive to say that there is no injury or no exposure.

We need to look back on our military operations and make amends where our veterans have been harmed by toxic exposures.

I will keep working with colleagues and both parties to ensure Americans can access good paying jobs, quality education, skills training to build economically secure lives for themselves and their families.

This attack shows clearly the disruption and damage that cyber criminals can inflict on local communities.

Arizonans expect a government that is efficient, effective, responsive, and transparent.

Federal, State, local, and tribal entities need to take urgent actions to implement comprehensive cybersecurity strategies.

additional funding yields the opportunity for us to get back on track and make more transformative change in the community that sustainably moves people into livable wage rolls versus welfare rolls, which is good for everybody.

But Arizonans expect Congress to do more than cross their fingers and hope, which is why last June I teamed up with Senator Wicker from Mississippi to introduce the Restaurants Act.

Well, thank you. You and your team have been through some difficult challenges.

A few weeks ago, the full Senate took a vote on our Restaurant Rescue Plan and support it 90-10.

Arizona small businesses are the backbone of our State's economy, and before this pandemic hit, small businesses in Arizona employed 1.6 million workers.

Okay. Do folks fall through the cracks when that occurs, or is that not something you have experienced?

S. 4168 would have dedicated funding in the amount of $1.335 billion each year for the period of fiscal years 2020 to 2024.

So there will be a point where the VA will be able to offer vaccines to inactive status veterans.

In Arizona, the VA should further identify ways to offer vaccines for CBP employees through VA community clinics and mobile vet centers.