Political Quotes

“Almost 2 years ago, within a few days 2 years ago, we were in Las Vegas to dedicate this beautiful new veterans facility. Taxpayers' money spent on it was about $700 million. It is beautiful. It is the second one we have been able to do in southern Nevada. We built a nice little hospital with a joint venture between the Veterans Administration and the Air Force. But with the wars in Iraq, and Afghanistan, we ran out of room to accommodate the influx of veterans. It became very difficult for veterans. We have a huge veterans population in southern Nevada. We have all kinds of military bases there that they are stationed in. They come, and they decide they want to live in southern Nevada. So the veterans in southern Nevada found themselves in a difficult situation. When this new hospital was dedicated--it took 7 years of work to get this done. I worked hard, as did others, to obtain this money. It was a state-of-the-art facility, 100 inpatient beds, a nursing home unit, and an ambulatory care center. It was a state-of- the-art facility. It was unquestionably, probably without exaggerating, the finest veterans hospital in the country. It was brandnew. But, more importantly, it was a precious resource to veterans throughout the State of Nevada. We have a facility in northern Nevada. It has been there for many decades. To the credit of Senator Mikulski from Maryland, she came and visited it a number of years ago and said: This is wrong.…”