John Hoeven actually said...

"We need something like that in order to get these nursing homes to change their policy and accept veterans that are on VA reimbursement rather than Medicare or Medicaid."

"I want to really thank him and commend him for the great work he's done, but I want to impress how important it is that we have somebody in that slot who will continue this work with us on a project t..."

"Any and all initiatives you have to help getting access to mental health care for our vets is really important."

"You've got my commitment on this and I've made that commitment in private and I'm happy to make it again here in public."