Jerry Moran

DAV plays a vital, important role to making sure we meet the needs of disabled veterans.

Commander, thank you. You came to see me shortly after you became Commander. I appreciate that conversation and appreciate the relationship I have with you and the members of DAV.

None of the work we do here is at all possible without the contributions and support, the efforts that are made by the VSO community.

Too many veterans are waiting far too long to receive the benefits.

The PACT Act is the largest expansion of health care and benefits for veterans and their families in recent history.

DAV plays a vital, important role to making sure we meet the needs of disabled veterans.

Their voice matters, it is heard, and it is acted upon.

None of the work we do here is at all possible without the contributions and support, the efforts that are made by the VSO community.

These caregivers play a vital role in recovery and well-being of our veterans.

As long as I am Chairman, I will continue to work with my colleagues in both chambers to find bipartisan solutions.

Mental health remains a critical concern--PTSD, depression, substance abuse.

None of the work we do here is at all possible without the contributions and support, the efforts that are made by the VSO community, including those present today.

It has been a good--I agree with the Senator from New Hampshire--it has been a--from Maine--I appreciate what we have heard today.

We continue to look at underserved communities, to include rural veterans and African American veterans.

I wanted to make sure that I am not missing something on any tribal issues in Kansas.

Is there anything going on in Kansas in regard to the topic of today's hearing that I should be made aware of?

I thank him for his leadership and the tremendous efforts that he and his team in Kansas make to care for those who served our Nation.

I will work with you in hopes that we can find an innovative way to get us to a position in which that decision and the funding is available more rapidly than it otherwise might be.

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.

The design engineers must have not recognized that the weather does not always come from above.

Are staffing levels, are positions filled and adequately staffed in Kansas, beyond just cemeteries?

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.

It has been a good--I agree with the Senator from New Hampshire--it has been a--from Maine--I appreciate what we have heard today.