I have been helping to lead that effort.

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

as part of what we are doing here today, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes each prior to the scheduled votes: myself, Senator Kaine, Senator Warren, and Senator Wyden. The…

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

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.

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

So I conclude by thanking my colleagues who have brought this measure to the floor, particularly Senator Duckworth, and I regret that Republicans have blocked this measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.

Thank you. Thanks for those comments. Very important.

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. Thanks for those comments. Very important.

I have been really awed and humbled by the eloquence of the women Senators who have preceded me, and I hesitate to add to what they have stated so powerfully already. But, of course, I am a man, and this bill is about women's reproductive…

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 very much. Thank you all for your service.

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.

I am grateful to my colleague Senator Shaheen of New Hampshire, as well as Senator Bennet of Colorado, Senator Cardin of Maryland, and I will be followed by Senator Peters of Michigan. We are among the group, but we are hardly the only…

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.

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

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

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.

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