"We have an obligation to figure out how much of these dangerous chemicals veterans and their families were exposed to at Camp Lejeune and what impact these exposures had potentially on their health."
"In one of those documents I just mentioned, Dr. Nuckols, it was noted that the National Research Council's Hazard Evaluation in the Camp Lejeune report, and I quote, 'did not take into account that be..."
"Thank you for that, Dr. Hunt, and thank you for noticing that I blurred the line between disability back to medical care, unintentionally, but I am glad that I did so that you could sort of fill me in..."
"Therefore, I would like you to send me a copy of it when you do."
"I do not want to get into the NRC results with the Veterans Administration."
"It is about making sure that we get the most pertinent information to all the people that can affect the best long-term quality-of-life for the individuals that may or may not have been affected."
"The Navy sent out letters to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune between 1957 and 1987, encouraged them to participate in the health registry."
"This Committee has struggled to try to make seamless the handoff of active duty troops to our Veterans Administration."
"I want to make sure a VA doctor knows exactly where that person was so that they can see them and treat them based upon what their exposure might be."
"I think in an effort to try to provide a fresh start, my hope is that we can identify that we have done some things wrong in the past and that now it is time to make the commitment to get the informat..."
"If I happen to visit any VA facility in the country, how familiar would that person who sees that veteran coming in--that doc in that facility--be about Camp Lejeune potential contamination if in fact..."