"Therefore, I would respectfully request that everyone be courteous to our witnesses and remain silent until the hearing is formally adjourned."
"So we really have given more control back to the local states, given back control to the local regions to make these with support from the Federal Government."
"the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and my Subcommittee will continue to listen to your needs and work to fix several issues that we discussed here today."
"As our veteran population continues to age, and as we wind down two overseas conflicts, the placement of our national and state veterans' cemeteries becomes increasingly important."
"It is my hope that by bringing all parties together here today, we can make progress in evaluating the Veterans' Cemetery Grants Program and, ultimately, to serve the needs of our veterans as best we ..."
"Currently, there are approximately 45,000 veterans in southern Minnesota who would be eligible for burial in a veterans' cemetery."
"We do not want them to be medicated with only drugs. We want them to get better."
"This issue of mental health parity and mental health care is absolutely fundamental."
"if there is one veteran not being served on time that is one too many."
"I mean, I am just wondering if there comes a diminishing return or if this is a program that should be exponentially be able to grow, to assume that."
"care of our warriors is our top priority, whatever it takes."