Richard Blumenthal

Thank you. Thanks for those comments. Very important.

Thank you very much. Thank you all for your service.

Thank you. Thanks for those comments. Very important.

I want to focus just really quickly on the program that benefit State-funded cemeteries.

I want to thank all the witnesses. General, thank you for your service and Ms. Ackerman, for yours as well in the Air Force, and your son, Denton, who is in the Montana National Guard, thank you.

Thank you very much. Thank you all for your service.

The Veterans Cemetery Grant Program enables grants to be used to establish, expand, or improve veteran cemeteries that are owned and operated by the States.

Thank you. Thanks for those comments. Very important.

I want to thank all the witnesses... I have seen it myself in Connecticut, along with other VSOs, in keeping awareness elevated about the need to honor our veterans, not just in words but in action.

But let me just ask about someone who is a survivor or victim of sexual assault while going to one of our academies, whether it's West Point or Naval Academy or a Coast Guard, or in training somewhere.

We have an investigation going in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, which is a part of the Homeland Security Committee.

Well, it seems to me that more than suicide ought to be involved, healthcare generally ought to be integrated.

But why should the records be completely separate? Why isn't there some integration or joint recordkeeping?

But let me just ask about someone who is a survivor or victim of sexual assault while going to one of our academies, whether it's West Point or Naval Academy or a Coast Guard, or in training somewhere.

We have an investigation going in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, which is a part of the Homeland Security Committee.

The VA healthcare system has come a long way since then, or it should come a long way.

But why should the records be completely separate? Why isn't there some integration or joint recordkeeping?

Well, it seems to me that more than suicide ought to be involved, healthcare generally ought to be integrated.

Why are the Vet Centers operated separately from the VA healthcare system?

Well, it seems to me that more than suicide ought to be involved, healthcare generally ought to be integrated.

We have an investigation going in the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, which is a part of the Homeland Security Committee.

But let me just ask about someone who is a survivor or victim of sexual assault while going to one of our academies, whether it's West Point or Naval Academy or a Coast Guard, or in training somewhere.

But why should the records be completely separate? Why isn't there some integration or joint recordkeeping?

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I want to ask about a topic that, or an issue that may seem kind of elementary.

But the VA healthcare system has come a long way since then, or it should come a long way.