I continue to hear, especially in rural areas in New Hampshire, from women veterans, is how hard it is for them to know where the other women veterans are.

The bipartisan and bicameral push to enact the Solid Start Program directs the VA to contact every veteran at least three times by phone.

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.

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.

Many Granite State veterans have contacted my office because they have concerns about how far they have had to travel to get a medical exam for their VA disability claim.

If we do not need a veteran to travel to an exam, we should not do that because that is time the veteran has to take off of work.

If we do not need a veteran to travel to an exam, we should not do that because that is time the veteran has to take off of work.

This is really an important--I am using the term 'customer service' but I do not think it really conveys how important it is, especially if you are somebody with a medical issue or disability, long travel can be really difficult.

I was really proud to work with everyone here on a bipartisan basis to develop and pass the PACT Act into law.

This is really an important--I am using the term 'customer service' but I do not think it really conveys how important it is, especially if you are somebody with a medical issue or disability, long travel can be really difficult.

It has already helped over 1,000 New Hampshire veterans enroll in VA health care and file more than 2,000 disability claims.

It has already helped over 1,000 New Hampshire veterans enroll in VA health care and file more than 2,000 disability claims.

I was really proud to work with everyone here on a bipartisan basis to develop and pass the PACT Act into law.

Many Granite State veterans have contacted my office because they have concerns about how far they have had to travel to get a medical exam for their VA disability claim.

I look forward to finding ways we can all work together.

I would look forward to talking with you more about that, but in my experience sometimes until we pass legislation we do not get the full scale of services that we are looking for.

We know how useful service dogs can be for our veterans, and something like this barrier that prevented requisite insurance for the dog made it hard for this particular veteran to get that kind of service.

I want to again thank all of our witnesses not only for being here but for your work and for the teams that you lead on behalf of our country's veterans.

I look forward to finding ways we can all work together.

I hope you will treat it with some urgency, and I would look forward to working with you on it.

I would look forward to talking with you more about that, but in my experience sometimes until we pass legislation we do not get the full scale of services that we are looking for.

I want to again thank all of our witnesses not only for being here but for your work and for the teams that you lead on behalf of our country's veterans.

I hope you will treat it with some urgency, and I would look forward to working with you on it.

We know how useful service dogs can be for our veterans, and something like this barrier that prevented requisite insurance for the dog made it hard for this particular veteran to get that kind of service.

I hope veterans will take advantage of this.