04/16/2018
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"I was really glad to see that the VA has chosen a week next month, October 16th to 20th, to designate as the first official Buddy Check Week in which veterans conduct peer-to-peer wellness checks."
"That directs the VA, as you know, to contact every veteran at least three times by phone in the first year after they leave active duty service."
"I would look forward to continuing to work with you on that."
"As Senator Lankford was describing, this is in part a values question of what are the things that we need a bureaucracy empowered to address."