"Is there anything going on in Kansas in regard to the topic of today's hearing that I should be made aware of?"
"The design engineers must have not recognized that the weather does not always come from above."
"We continue to look at underserved communities, to include rural veterans and African American veterans."
"Every grave, every resting place of a veteran ought to be a national shrine, not just if they are in a national cemetery, but every place they are laid to rest."
"Are staffing levels, are positions filled and adequately staffed in Kansas, beyond just cemeteries?"
"We are trying to get six appropriation bills, including VA HUD, on the Senate floor, which seems like we are going to do before March 8th."
"I wanted to make sure that I am not missing something on any tribal issues in Kansas."
"I want to take this opportunity today to once again call on Secretary McDonough to do what I think is the right thing and reverse course on this rule before it jeopardizes Veteran lives."
"I want to hear how the VA is leveraging the lessons learned from, during the pandemic to improve the Department's capacity to care for Veterans."
"I've been asking the VA for the last month for clarity on their path forward and yet to receive a response."
"I'm grateful for the hard work that the VA leaders and frontline staff provided during the pandemic."