I hope to see a significant improvement, but I am doubtful.

But if you fear being sexually assaulted no matter how good the conditions are in those barracks, then your quality of life needless to say is poor.

We need to start the comprehensive study--restudy now before it is too late.

public service is the rent you pay for space on this earth.

Thank you. And now that the reporting is outside the chain of command thanks to a change in the law and the President's executive order this should be a priority because you have that mechanism.

I am incredibly supportive of that program, especially because you have a 58 percent no-show or cancellation rate of VA appointments for veterans with children due to a lack of childcare.

if you can just follow up with us with more detail about how that question instrument was designed that would be helpful.

understanding the data is a critical tool in order to ensure that.

The privatization process is a failure in terms of maintaining the quality of life of housing.

We have got to meet the moment and manage risk and move quicker and parse out these planning processes.

I commend the Department for finally expanding its previously discriminatory IVF policy by now allowing eligible troops to access IVF regardless of their marital status or sexual orientation.

Upholding our commitments to the Nation's heroes is a critical mission.

I support your request to break out medical care as a third budget category, and I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us in doing the same.

I continue to hear concerns from the public that the speed of DoD's remediation efforts for PFAS contamination is far too slow.

Climate change worsens air quality, and it can disproportionately affect communities near industrial sites or highways.

I always say that, in south Florida, climate change is not a someday thing. It is a right now thing.

We protected funding for women's health care, all while defeating attempts to restrict women's access to abortion.

I have appreciated the opportunity to work with the most communicative, open, collaborative VA secretary that we have had during my tenure.

To maintain a lethal fighting force, we must invest in their quality of life and mission critical infrastructure.

I do not want anyone stepping on my air hose.

Are the Navy and the Marines doing something similar to more granularly zero in on your own data in your service rather than the general across the board DoD service like the Army has?

More women are choosing VA for their health care than ever before.

President Biden has shown time and time again, both through his actions and in his budget requests, that he stands firmly with Israel and our relationship.

That would not be a step in the right direction, in my opinion.

I mean, forcing a robbing of Peter to pay Paul, and on top of that, adding a capped situation really squeezes VA on the decisions that they can make.