Political Quotes

Madam President, this afternoon I rise here on the Senate floor to recognize a fellow Kansan, to honor the life of a soldier, a servant, a great man, Olen Mitchell. While Olen was born in Oklahoma, Kansas is the place he called home, and…

And those who work for you in VA Central, in the VISN, and in the hospital across Kansas, and other states, they understand what you just said is how the VA operates when giving a veteran the opportunity to choose where care occurs.

We want the VA to provide the best absolute care possible and then let the veteran make a choice where it is best for him or her to seek that care.

Madam President, I am here on the Senate floor today to call attention to my colleagues. I want them to recognize--and, really, Americans to recognize--the significant crisis that is happening not only in my home State of Kansas but across…