Jerry Moran

In a December 11, 2014 meeting with Senate Moran, in response to the Senator's request for cost analysis...

The analysis discussed in this response was addressed in the December 2014 meeting with Senator Moran.

Mr. Chairman, thank you.

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Well, that was an interesting thing for me to learn, is that we sometimes separate the benefits side from the health care side of the VA.

The question then becomes, is the problem that we do not know what to do or that we have not connected the veteran with the people who do know what to do?

If you are an employee at the VA and you have a complaint about the way VA operates, is it different today in your ability to communicate that and find a result and feel comfortable that your job is secure, that you are doing something…

I worry about the same circumstance under the Choice Act.

How we define what a facility is is going to determine whether very many veterans are actually going to be able to access health care.

We need to make sure that the follow-through occurs and that the families who have suffered so much... have something to take comfort.

And that is where, in part, the technology that has been described here comes into play.

You know, I suppose the takeaway for me in listening to what has been said is that too often we hear the stories.

The question I asked about those licensed professionals 6 months ago that got no answer from the VA, I will submit those questions again in writing.

We have been pushing the VA for years to better include marriage and family therapists and licensed professional mental health counselors.

This has got to be something much different than another hearing about this topic.

What is the difference? What is the cause of that? Why is there such a difference between two different places?

If there is a facility within 40 miles, it may not provide the services that the veteran needs.

October--next month--is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is not expected that the Senate will be in session next month and I would like to use this opportunity to visit just a moment about domestic violence in an effort to create a…

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I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak this afternoon. I am also pleased to see on the floor my colleague from North Dakota, Senator Heitkamp. She and I have a legislative interest in a matter now pending before the House of…

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Credit unions are very interested in being allowed to utilize third-party vendors.

One bad apple spoils the bunch, and I say that because these are institutions who feel under siege, either by regulation or by examination.

Community banks and credit unions are very important to the local fabric and the vitality of the towns.