Angus King: “How do we be confident in this Committee that we're not sacrificing the quality of service to our veterans if we are…”

This administration’s Office of Management and Budget has just unilaterally taken away 800 million dollars that Congress passed on a bipartisan basis towards key priorities – in blatant defiance of the Constitution and federal law.

If the VA covers veterans’ medications when they are living at a private nursing home, those cost reimbursements should be the same when veterans choose to enter a facility that specializes in taking care of veterans.

And while we, as Americans, have had differing views on policy, we all believe that freedom and democracy are at the core of our country’s values.

President Trump is having enough difficulty doing his job; Congress should take this opportunity to do ours.