07/16/2013
https://congress.gov...
"If the NCA hopes to offer options that serve all veterans and their families, the self-selecting survey is going to fail to provide any honest feedback for those determinations."
"Let's remember all these veterans and servicemembers served our Nation not just those kind of east of the Mississippi."
"Now, while I applaud the VA's efforts to reach under-served populations, I am also concerned that the NCA is not working closely enough with local veterans' communities as they determine new locations..."
"I think that it is fine to have a state cemetery, but I think you also--veterans--you want me to go back and tell Nevada veterans, well, you can have a state cemetery or you can have a rural initiativ..."