I am committed to giving our servicemembers every resource they need to bring a quick and decisive end to the Taliban and the other insurgent forces.
But I just heard you say in your opening remarks that the President would veto any appropriations with the C-17 funding.
The fiscal year 2011 budget includes $250 million to improve access to care in rural areas.
I am really concerned about the impact of that potential change on services like laboratory or dialysis providers.
Despite the efforts the VA has made to increase access to rural veterans... there are a lot of gaps still with our rural...
So is this on a case-by-case basis or are there guidelines?
I have been working with the VA, as you know, to open new contract clinics in three of our underserved communities in my...
I want to thank our witnesses, all of them who are here today, as well. I look forward to hearing your testimony.
And you have the resources you need to do that?
I just want to make sure we're not pressuring people to stay on the job when they should be taking----
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