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Sam Farr

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Sam Farr is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, serving California's 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. During his tenure, Farr was known for his advocacy on environmental issues, particularly in relation to coastal protection and sustainable agriculture. He played a significant role in promoting volunteerism and community service, as evidenced by his support for the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000.

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Feb 3, 2009

It is very interesting to hear this. I am keenly interested in this jointness and then when you get into how it is managed and paid for, it isn't as joint.

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Feb 3, 2009

Some pending legislation will, I think, allow the Secretary of the Navy to transfer those facilities to the VA.

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Feb 3, 2009

Thank you for your presentation. And thank you all for your service to our country.

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Feb 3, 2009

the Congress can take the blame. They asked for $150 million, and we gave them $10 million.

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Feb 3, 2009

I am very interested in seeing what we can do to, perhaps, make that a better decision making process.

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Feb 3, 2009

Congress is synonymous with BRAC for me.

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Feb 3, 2009

It just seems to me that now that we are going to build a new facility, that it just makes really good sense, this is right in your footprint, to serve the families of the active duty members who now have to truck over to Salinas.

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Feb 3, 2009

How do we develop an individual plan for each veteran, for what the options are?

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Feb 3, 2009

I would just like to have you tell us the importance of meeting this critical, unmet health care need.

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Feb 3, 2009

I am just interested in ensuring that Rosetta Stone is supporting the mission requirements.

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Feb 3, 2009

Unfortunately, there are just fewer and fewer foreign military officers because of lack of financial resources, not because of lack of interest in the program.

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Feb 3, 2009

The question is whether you are going to build it as an HCCF, and what I hear from Palo Alto is that there are seven potential HCCF sites scheduled for construction in 2010.

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