Mike Michaud: “This is not the way we want to do our business. This is not the way we want patients to be treated, and I find it as…”

And so our bill, the PAWS Act, takes these veterans, particularly the ones that have severe Post-Traumatic Stress, and authorizes a small amount of funding so that the VA can pair them with specially trained service dogs.

As a veteran, I don't feel like I needed to be rebooted, because I am concerned that word by itself may detract somewhat from the decision that our young men and women are making to serve their country.

I greatly appreciate that we are all partners in promoting opportunities for veterans and in protecting their rights.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.