"This is so totally unacceptable, and it is as if the VA is trying to stonewall people and not let them into the community care program."
"I have got a Veterans Health Care Freedom Act that would create a pilot program that removes these requirements that a veteran has to get all this preauthorization and jump through these referrals."
"I would encourage you to try one of your pilot projects in Tennessee because we could give you a list of stories like this."
"We have got to do something about allowing veterans to get to the care they need at a place where they are able to get the care, and that is the whole purpose of community care."
"I introduced the End Child Trafficking Now Act. It would require a DNA test to establish familial relationship."
"I think this is shameful. I have not received a response from the Secretary on what has happened to 85,000 children."
"I do want to touch on China, and I'm so pleased that we're looking at this from the human rights angle."
"And American families, Tennessee families want answers to those problems, and they really don't want to hear bureaucrats in Washington or legislators discussing resort fees and food delivery fees for ..."
"Statement of Senator Blackburn"
"They are concerned about skyrocketing inflation on the basket of goods that they purchase and use every single day."
"When I am in Tennessee, the economy is what is at the top of the list that things that people are talking about."