I am not asking text retention. I am asking, were the people responsible for the failure of this system... held accountable?

I am not asking text retention. I am asking, were the people responsible for the failure of this system... held accountable?

That veteran was ill-served, and there--as best as I can tell, an attempt not to hold people accountable.

This is an incredibly damning OIG Report, incredibly damning.

This is an incredibly damning OIG Report, incredibly damning.

Stop. I am not asking text retention. I am asking, were the people responsible for the failure of this system, and who did not initiate the appropriate follow-up, and/or apparently tampered with people, responder number one, have said…

Okay, took a different job. Just voluntarily took it and everybody said, incredibly well qualified, and no stains upon the record?

And the person who was transferred, did they get a cut in pay? Are they making the same money; or are they making more?

It sounds like interfering with an investigation of a suicide, which may have been inappropriately handled on a Veterans Crisis Line, is incompetence.

That veteran was ill-served, and there--as best as I can tell, an attempt not to hold people accountable.

Populism has a role, but I think now, presidents -- the populism has come to the point where if you look at a poll of the American people, most don't like it.

At some point, and statistically, it's in the '80s, you begin a more rapid decline. It's usually noticeable.

Because of that, Social Security, if it goes insolvent, as it's predicted to, will result in a 24% cut in benefits for those receiving.

70% of the American people want something different.

Shouldn't there be transparency? Shouldn't President Biden, for example, release a full kind of neurologic evaluation of his cognitive ability?

That is something that the American people should know about.

I think Mike Pence is trying to draw the contrast.

I actually think that that would be reasonable, too.

today I introduced the Congressional Review Act, a resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration's newest student loan scheme: income-driven repayment. Just like President Biden's student loan cancellation scheme that was…

Thank you, Chairman Tester.

Thank you, Chairman Tester.

Thank you, Chairman Tester.

What a powerful statement. And we know, oftentimes, it becomes the other way around; it becomes more about the institution than it is about the veteran.

What a powerful statement. And we know, oftentimes, it becomes the other way around; it becomes more about the institution than it is about the veteran.

it is my privilege now to speak to the pastor from my home State who gave the prayer today, the Reverend Asriel McLain of Shreveport. Reverend McLain is a graduate of Bishop College in Dallas, TX, and he earned his master of divinity…