You have been an advocate. You would not be the national commander if you had not been an advocate for pretty much your whole life for veterans.

To my luck, Senator Brown and his staff were able to finally get answers about a grossly inaccurate $11,000 VA overpayment debt.

Hearings like this are important because the best ideas, frankly, do not come out of Washington.

This hearing will begin.

Your comments about suicide are troubling, as all comments about veteran suicide are troubling.

We want every veteran to come to Ohio even if they are not from Ohio.

Specifically, we would like to thank Senator Brown for his continued push to ensure survivors who use the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John D. Fry Scholarship can achieve their educational goals without accruing large student loan debts.

I will continue to assist in the fight for increased awareness in the VA medical system struggle, fairness for survivor benefits for all surviving family members, and increased availability to all veterans' benefits that we earned while…

There are 14 illnesses, 14 diseases, that are presumptive eligibility with Agent Orange.

You said in your testimony Ohio averages 97 days to decide a claim. Twenty-two percent of Ohioans wait at least 125 days.

Congress makes good speeches but does not really fund scaling up opioid treatment programs.

Senator Brown and his staff were able to help finally get answers about a grossly inaccurate $11,000 VA overpayment debt.

So, isn't the most important thing for all of you is to find those 14?

We would like to thank Senator Brown for his continued push to ensure survivors can achieve their educational goals without accruing large student debt.

Since 2010, we have reduced veterans' homelessness by 47 percent.

It is not just the military, is it?

There has been, as more and more veterans have been cheated by some of these for-profit colleges and universities--and 'cheated' is the right word, not just veterans but lots and lots of people have been cheated.

We are all guilty, I guess.

I am just always concerned, as concerned as I am about the VAs.

Is there a uniform policy on not overprescribing?

How do we get that from putting it on hold to putting it in the trash, for want of a better term?

Ohio has more opioid deaths than any State in the country.

You begin to hear more and more on the news that some people inside the government want to privatize the VA.

We know that the VA and the Department of Defense do not always work together as well as they should.

If any of you in the audience know, particularly those in veterans' service organizations like VFW, if you hear of those stories, you should always contact Congresswoman Beatty or me or Senator Portman. We will go to bat on that. That…