thank you, elizabeth stole, for all of that -- elizabeth dole, for all of that. again, as we honor the needs of veterans, we must recognize it is not just the v.a. that meets their needs, it is the role that these small businesses play and that many of our veterans rely on medicaid. they constantly come to us and say the medicaid piece is important to their lives. food stamps and housing assistance. so many of the things that we have in the coronavirus bill, the heroes bill, will affect our veterans. yes, associated with this, we had a call, leader schumer and i , with president-elect joe biden. we stayed close touch in the coming days. we spoke about the pandemic and the economic crisis accompanying it and the urgent need for congress to pass a bipartisan bill in the lame-duck session that provides resources to fight the pandemic and relief for working families and small businesses, support for state and local governments to keep front-line workers on the payroll, and engage expanded unemployment insurance and health care for families. health care being essentia

, families, caregivers and survivors, federal advisory committee, chaired by my boss, senator elizabeth dole, recently recommended that congress provide legislative relief to expedite this timeline. mr. chairman, senator tester, members of the committee, senator dole hopes action is taken on this very important legislative reform. and even more important, our pre-9/11 caregivers who are being forced to wait even longer to receive their benefits hope you will take action immediately. our foundation also strongly urges the va to standardize the expansion's implementation. the largest source of caregiver anxiety and dissatisfaction has always been the inconsistencies between va centers. among the areas open to interpretation is the requirement for annual assessments. some medical centers choose to evaluate caregivers multiple times each year. that causes undue stress among the caregivers over the possibility that they will be dropped from the program. key language about how caregivers are evaluated lacks clarity. we are particularly concerned about the reliance on activities of daily living as

secretary senator elizabeth dole has been an angel and i have , beingnored to be by her part of our hidden heroes. again, as we honor the needs of just the it is not v.a., it is the role that these small businesses play and they constantly come to us and say that this will be important to our lives. so many of the things that we will,n the coronavirus yes, associated with this, we had the call with president-elect joe biden and the pandemic and the in the lame-duck relief fort provides thel businesses to keep front line workers on the payroll and to engage expanded unemployment insurance and families, care for the health care piece being essential. at the same time, as you know, earlier in the week, the , we were very pleased at the presentations that were made, but on that call discussed plans to create millions of good paying jobs. hasastructure legislation largely not been a partisan issue. we believe this is a good place to find common ground. that is something that we are theing on now, but we have coronavirus and also passing the omnibus bill. happen.mistic this will in and appropria

bob and elizabeth dole. [applause] next please join me in welcoming the co-chairs of the world war ii committee and other members of the committee, please stand we began today's ceremony at 9:02 am, which was the time when the surrender ceremony began to bring an end to the most destructive war in world history. a cloudy and dreary moment in tokyo bay, perfect weather for a somber ceremony. 250 allied warships circled the -- representing ten nation whose forces fought in the war. top military leaders from the allied forces and imperial japan gathered aboard this baking a person battleship. the uss missouri crew members were jammed together on the dex. everyone wanting to witness history being made, the world was listening and watching as well. dozens of news outlets, journalists, recorded the ceremony and captured each moment for future generations to remember for all-time. now if you are able, please rise for the parading of the colors and remain standing for the performance of our national anthem. colors w

bob and elizabeth dole. [ applause ] >> next please join me in welcoming the co-chairs of the 75th world war ii committee, steve cologne and other members of the committee, please stand. [ applause ] >> we began today's ceremony at 10:02 a.m. to honor a day in world history. it was a dreary morning in tokyo bay, perfect weather for such a somber ceremony. more than 250 allied war ships encircled the missouri with more than 500 bombers in the air, representing ten nations whose forces fought in the war. top military lirds from the allied forces and imperial japan gathered aboard this magnificent battle ship. u.s.s. crew members were on deck, everyone wanting to witness history being made. the world was listening and watching as well, as dozens of news outlets and journalists who recorded the ceremony and captured each moment for future generations to remember for all time. now if you're able, please rise for the parading of the colors and remain standing for the performance of our national anthem and hawaii pona'i. our national anthem will be performed by emily kershaw and the united paci

bob and elizabeth dole. [applause] >> next, please join me in welcoming the co-chairs of the 75th world war ii committee. general daryl wong, and steven colon, and other members of the committee, please stand. [applause] we began today's commemoration ceremony at 9:02 am, which was a time when the surrender ceremonies began. to bring an end to the most destructive war in world history. on september 2nd, 1945, i was a, cloudy dreary moaning on tokyo bay. perfect weather for such a somber ceremony. more than 250 allied warships, encircled the missouri with over 900 fighters and bombers in the air. representing ten nations, whose forces fought in the war. top military leaders from the allied forces, and imperial japan gathered aboard this magnificent battleship. uss missouri crew members were jammed together on the dex, on all levels, everyone wanted to witness history being made. the world was listening and watching as well, as dozens of news outlets and journalists were recording the ceremony and captured eac

bob dole and pat roberts are also on that mount rushmore of kansas. elizabeth and frankie, their spouses, it truly shows what kansas hospitality means, just great ambassadors out there. wherever we go we are so welcome to because of the reputations that they have put forth as well as senator moran and robin as well, great ambassadors. just so grateful for their endorsement and their support. great job. the job of the gop chairman is to get people out to vote ever going to set a record. great job. hand-to-hand combat, we knew from day one, we did know what it would be, so we had to win the grassroots war. arkansas gop republican chair people just did an incredible job. i know they are not all here today but what a shout out to , thirdst chairman district, michelle lockwood, how about a hand for them. and the kansas federation of republican women out there again, winning the battles. of kansas,assroots the kansas livestock association, kansans for life, all those folks out there, incredible grassroots people, knocking doors, making the phone calls. so many other

thank you, elizabeth stole, for all of that -- elizabeth dole, for all of that. again, as we honor the needs of veterans, we must recognize it is not just the v.a. that meets their needs, it is the role that these small businesses play and that many of our veterans rely on medicaid. they constantly come to us and say the medicaid piece is important to their lives. food stamps and housing assistance. so many of the things that we have in the coronavirus bill, the heroes bill, will affect our veterans. yes, associated with this, we had a call, leader schumer and i , with president-elect joe biden. we stayed close touch in the coming days. we spoke about the pandemic and the economic crisis accompanying it and the urgent need for congress to pass a bipartisan bill in the lame-duck session that provides resources to fight the pandemic and relief for working families and small businesses, support for state and local governments to keep front-line workers on the payroll, and engage expanded unemployment insurance and health care for families. health care being essentia