Stephanie Herseth Sandlin: “The men and women who serve our Nation honorably deserve and should receive the best our country can offer.”

I agree with President Obama, who said in March that until we reach a day when not a single veteran sleeps on the street, our business on this issue is unfinished.

Given such success, I hope the VA and this Committee will strongly consider ways to expand this program's reach so more communities can benefit as Rapid City has.

The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program should be the 'crown jewel' of VA benefits.

I am also especially pleased that H.R. 1171 includes the text of H.R. 293, the Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Grant Act, which I introduced to reverse the increased trend in homeless women…