I think it's extremely important.

We are obligated morally and ethically to try to find them.

I think that is really important, because we can't just treat this like coming to the VA with a cold and we are sending you home.

Senator Murray requested information on VA Office of Mental Health Services (OMHS) efforts to assist Veterans with employment issues.

And the transition and long-term support of this is extremely important and I will be exploring that more as I put my legislation together, so I appreciate that.

Anecdotally, most women tell me that military sexual trauma is a part of their experience. So putting them into a facility with men is really intimidating.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize.

The fact that our veterans are serving and sacrificing only to return to spiral into this depression and suicide is appalling, I think, to all of us.

How we deal with this issue, I think, is really visible to our men and women who serve, that we are going to be there for them when they come home.

Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) is a rapidly maturing program designed to develop psychological and physiological resilience across the entire Army community.

As a Senator from one of the most trade-dependent States in the Nation, the security of our Nation's ports has long been a very top concern of mine.

I worked with Senator Collins and wrote the Safe Port Act under the Bush administration.

one container coming in with some kind of nuclear device or other explosive could have tremendous damage on people, on property, and on the entire Nation's economy.

The declining health of Puget Sound threatens the economy and economic vitality of the Pacific Northwest.

the security of our Nation's ports has long been a very top concern of mine.

I personally want to thank you for your support of that effort and all the resources that were available.

To pull the plug on that and lose that would be, I think, the wrong direction.

I am deeply concerned that the budget request is not going to get us there.

I recognize so well that one container coming in with some kind of nuclear device or other explosive could have tremendous damage on people, on property, and on the entire Nation's economy if our ports were shut down.

I think to pull the plug on that and lose that would be, I think, the wrong direction.

I think this would be a great effort to continue with all the complexities that we have at the border.

It is truly one of America's most spectacular bodies of water.

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