Angus King

Eisenhower retook Europe in 11 months.

Let's get on with it.

I would urge you to take a serious look at that. And we have had testimony at this Committee that this is one of the suicide factors.

Well, my experience has been that the Vet Centers in Maine are a high return, low cost service very cost-effective way of serving the needs, meeting the needs of veterans.

Eisenhower retook Europe in 11 months.

Let's get on with it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member and the Committee staff for facilitating an authorized field hearing that we had in Maine last Friday on--it was fabulous--on long-term care.

Eisenhower retook Europe in 11 months.

First, I want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member and the Committee staff for facilitating an authorized field hearing that we had in Maine last Friday on--it was fabulous--on long-term care.

Well, my experience has been that the Vet Centers in Maine are a high return, low cost service very cost-effective way of serving the needs, meeting the needs of veterans.

Let's get on with it.

We had really good witnesses. We had veterans, we had officials from the VA, and it was very illuminating and educational.

I would urge you to take a serious look at that. And we have had testimony at this Committee that this is one of the suicide factors.

The workforce problems, as you can imagine, were front and center.

Prevention, prevention, prevention.

We want to keep that permanent.

By the way, that's a problem across the board. We had an Armed Services Committee hearing this week about the inability of many small businesses to interact with the Pentagon.

The good is we have a historically low unemployment rate, but that creates the question of the migratory workforce.

I mean that can't work for very long.

I like the idea. In other words, additional federal funds not generally but targeted toward workforce retention?

If retention is the goal, one of the ironies is that as you have gaps and you have longer hours and--that is a vicious downward spiral because people burn out.

I don't think there's one in Washington County either.

They're also going to be facing closure; aren't they?

It's not exactly a morale booster.

That's a scary thought, isn't it?