02/23/2009
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"I strongly believe that if the medical facility within 40 miles does not provide the specific treatment required by the veteran, that veteran should be able to seek outside medical care."
"We will act legislatively if we need to. We should not have to, and we expect not to have to."
"We had a significant--thank you for that. We had a number of problems when I first came to the Senate almost a decade ago in Dayton, one of the oldest VAs in the country."
"I would ask, if you are confirmed, if you would work with the VHA to interpret the law so that veterans who are enrolled in the program are able to seek treatment at a medical facility that actually o..."