working with former senator elizabeth dole and elizabeth dole foundation and veterans' service organizations and with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in both houses of congress. i was proud when the bill passed the house in november of 2023 with overwhelming bipartisan support. but it's been a year. and we simply cannot deny our veterans this crucial care any longer. we must get the elizabeth dole home care act across the finish line and signed into law. passage of my legislation would be the most impact. change in v.a. long-term care in decades. it would also be one of the smartest. currently, every veteran enrolled in v.a. has the right to nursing home care. if clinically eligible. but it's important to note that nursing homes are not where veterans want to live their golden years. they want to be at home with their families and in their communities. and it turns out care at home is also less expensive than institutionalized care. and probably most important of all, the health outcomes are far, for a better by receiving care at home than it is in an institutionalized setting.

[applause] applause]] elizabeth dole. >> elizabeth dole. >> a singular trail blazer, elizabeth dole was the first woman to hold every position she had. over the course of four decades in public service, she served as the secretary of transportation, secretary of labor, president of the american red cross and senator from north carolina. nor. she established a preeminent foundation dedicated to -- and supporting american military caregivers. elizabeth dole paved the path for millions of americans to serve with honor and dignity. [applause] [applause] phil donahue. [laughter] from an irish catholic roots in cleveland, phil donahue rose to transform television and reshape the national conversation. over 29 years, nearly 7000 episodes, and 20 enemies, he pioneered -- 20 emmys he pioneered the live daytime talk show, interviewing everybody from our greatest stars to our forgotten neighbors uniting us around the toughest issues of our time. insatiably curious and excepting he saw every guest as worthy of interest and worked to build understanding, bringing us to see each other not as enemies,

[applause] elizabeth dole. [applause] a singular trailblazer, elizabeth dole was the first woman to hold nearly every position she has had. over four decades in public service she served as the secretary of transportation, secretary of labor, president of the american red cross, and senator from north carolina. she established a preeminent foundation dedicated to -- and supporting american military caregivers. elizabeth dole paved the path for millions of americans to serve with honor and dignity. [applause] phil donahue. [laughter] from an irish catholic roots in cleveland, phil donahue rose to transform television and reshape the national conversation. over 29 years, nearly 7000 episodes, and20 emmys he pioneered the live daytime talk show, interviewing everybody from our greatest stars to our forgotten neighbors uniting us around the toughest issues of our time. insatiably curious and excepting he saw every guest as worthy of interest and worked to build understanding, bringing us to see each other not as en

[applause] elizabeth dole. gregory j. boyle. james e. clyburn. phil donahue. rena evers accepting on behalf of medgar wiley evers. al gore. clarence b. jones. john forbes carry -- john forbes kerry. bonnie lautenberg accepting on behalf of frank r. lautenberg. kathleen genevieve ledecky. opal lee. ellen ochoa. nancy dalessandro -- nancy d'ale xandro pelosi. jane rigby. teresa romero. judy shepard. gail lynn canon accepting on behalf of james francis thorpe. and michelle yeoh. ♪ distinguished guests, the president of the united states. [applause] ["hail to the chief" playing] president biden: please have a seat. i think i told my buddy john kerry for the first two years they played "hail to the chief," i looked around and asked, where the hell is he? thank you for joining us for one of our favorite events at the white house. 61 years ago, president kennedy established the presidential medal of freedom. in the first class of recipients was a great american writer, eb white. years after receiving the metal, he received a letter from someone and replied, "relentle

important bill for our nation's veterans by juan cisco mauney named after -- juan ciscomani named for elizabeth dole and now passed it and sent it to the senate. i want to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we just got an overwhelming mandate from the voters of this country to number one, reject the far left policies we've seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years, but especially to put the country on another path. we laid out what the plan would be but now are planning for the policies we would put in place with a republican majority with a republican senate and the white house under president trump to get our country back on track, to focus on lowering costs for families at the grocery store and at the gas pump, their energy bills, to secure america's border. so once again, i assembled all the committee chairs last week to go through what we'll be doing in budget reconciliation starting in january. he and we want to lower costs and get our economy going and making sure there's no tax hike next year, if congress takes no action, the tax cuts and jobs act under pres

yesterday we passed an important bill for our nation's veterans by juan ciscomani named after elizabeth dole. it was good to get that passed out of the house and over to the senate. going to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we got an overwhelming mandate from the votes of the country to number one, reject the far left policy we was seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years. but especially to put the country on a different path. and we laid out during the campaign what that path would be. but we're now planning for the policies that we would put in place as a republican majority, with a republican senator and the white house under president trump to get our country back on track. to focus on lowering costs for family at the grocery store, at the gas pump. their energy bills. to secure america's border. so once again, i assembled all the committee chairs last week to go through what we'll be doing in budget reconciliation starting in january. it'll be a busy process next year. we laid out an aggressive 100-day agenda, addressing things to get our country mov

yesterday we passed an important bill for our nation's veterans by juan ciscomani named after elizabeth dole. it was good to get that passed out of the house and over to the senate. going to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we got an overwhelming mandate from the votes of the country to number one, reject the far left policy we was seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years. but especially to put the country on a different path. and we laid out during the campaign what that path would be. but we're now planning for the policies that we would put in place as a republican majority, with a republican senator and the white house under president trump to get our country back on track. to focus on lowering costs for family at the grocery store, at the gas pump. their energy bills. to secure america's border. so once again, i assembled all the committee chairs last week to go through what we'll be doing in budget reconciliation starting in january. it'll be a busy process next year. we laid out an aggressive 100-day agenda, addressing things to get our country mov

yes, people like elizabeth dole and others before her. women running in the 2020 presidential primary letting people imagine what they've never seen before, and she being the vice president, too, has done more work in putting the bricks in that road. >> ali, beyond the record of other women who have run for office before, you're not new to this. you covered harris when she first had her bid for the white house i wonder is he operating differently at all? what have you witnessed? >> she herself is a much more confident candidate. she had a tough road, a lot of criticism for her. some of it was fair, some of it wasn't. as i wrote in my book one of the things people thought about then when you're damned if you do, damned if you don't so often in your career, sometimes it's hard to trust your gut. what has happened in this white house over the course of his presidency, she's learned to trust her gut. there's such an authenticity to being a woman, talking about abortion care at this moment that allows to be a top issue for her and also an ener

the elizabeth dole act has been in congress now for over one year and it seems like something that could have been done before the congress in this election. it's disappointing that these things take so long. it absolutely befuddles me why we cannot figure out how to pay junior enlisted men. i don't think any american is proud of the fact that someone who raised their hand, wrote a blank check for their country that they want to serve and then cannot buy groceries for their family. if you think about the wealth of this nation, it's intolerable and it is something that needs to be addressed. i feel for the caller on that issue. we, as many other better and support organizations do, work together to try to get audiences with congressmen and senators to make sure they push this legislation. i would urge anyone listening to help us in that regard, join mission roll call. it doesn't costs anything, we send you some poles and you can decide which ones you want to answer and which you don't. it makes a big difference when i go into one of these offices, if we represent 1.4 million veterans, if