Patty Murray

Thank you for that explanation. I am pleased to hear that homeless children will be able to receive services while their families are taking actions to comply with immunization and other health and safety requirements. Regarding enrollment…

I commend Senator Cantwell for her work on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act and will continue to push this legislation forward with our colleagues in Congress. The 70th anniversary of the world's first full-scale nuclear…

I believe it's going to be very critical that we continue to focus on rolling back this trend of disinvestment in research and development.

Thank you very much.

We need to look at everything from training new clinic managers to oversight and effective intervention by medical centers and network leaders.

There is a lot of work left to do in terms of privacy, in terms of doctors that know how to care for women.

That is a pretty high percentage.

I really expect the VA to implement your recommendations quickly and to hold people accountable.

I believe that over the years, VA's budgets have pretty much been matched or exceeded by Congressional appropriators.

I was really deeply disturbed to read your findings about how many cases of suicide and veterans with serious mental health problems were affected by delays in care and substandard care.

Veterans also need to be assigned to a regular provider, they need care coordinated across the hospital and between specialists.

I want to start by thanking the Inspector General, Richard Griffin, and the Department's Office of Inspector General for all the work that has been done to conduct this review.

This Congress, the country wants to be there for our veterans, but if we do not know what the need is accurately, we do not know what to provide.

Veterans receiving primary and specialty care within the Puget Sound Health Care System continue to wait longer than national averages for primary and specialty care.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I also appreciate how Secretary McDonald has hit the ground sprinting in his new role and has taken immediate steps to get the veterans off wait lists and into care.

I think those are great points, and I hope that we really look at this as we continue to pursue this, not only the cost to the Federal Government because of other challenges that these women face and end up requiring other Federal…

Paid leave is really a critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to improving our employment situation.

Women who take paid leave are 39 percent less likely to receive public assistance.

Research has shown that when women take paid family leave after the birth of a child, they are more likely to return to work.

I think this is really an important hearing because, as we all know, for a lot of Americans, earning a college degree really is a ticket to the middle class.

I was really proud to co-sponsor the bill from Senator Warren to allow borrowers to refinance their student loans.

The Department just--they cannot function if the Secretary is not getting honest information from the field and taking appropriate action.

The actions that he laid out before this Committee are very important, but they are first steps; and even with some of the policy changes and additional funding, it is going to take some time to see improvement.

So when we look at how we do this and expand that, we have to look at all those issues as well and get them right, or we are just going to create a bigger problem for the future.