ms. beck, the position of being in no man's land, no person's land in which no answers come and we just keep waiting? 's ms. beck: senator, thank for you that question. i decided a long time ago the first time i stopped saying why is this happening is the first time i thought i shouldn't be doing this anymore. hannah's story probably explains it best of the emotional, financial uncertainty that's gone along with this program for the legacy cohort of caregivers. there's currently 14,000 individuals who are considered as part of that legacy cohort and that number is dwindling every day due to, unfortunately, death and sometimes improvement and sometimes divorce. so that number is not extraordinarily high and going down. so the idea of offering grandfathering to that population of people would be to recognize they have undergone so many different regulation changes, as ms. sawyer pointed out, the program intent somehow shifted from seriously injured to severely injured and those legacy cohort tha

we'll conclude with ms. beck. ms. beck: thank you. chairman casey and tester, ranking members scott and moran and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is meredith beck and i'm a senior policy advisor for the elizabeth dole foundation, a national nonprofit to strengthen, empower and support veteran caregivers. by working with these individuals every day, we're keenly aware of the challenges issues and remarkable strengths of the community we are honored to serve. while we have outlined additional issues for consideration here in our written testimony, we first want to focus on the urgency of the passage of h.r. 8371, the senator elizabeth dole 21st century veterans health care and benefits improvement act mentioned previously. clearly and without hesitation, the number one priority of the hreugsz betting dole foundation is the immediate passage of this legislation. it is not an exaggeration so he say we hear from veterans and caregivers every day who are depends rate for the support provided b

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we'll conclude with ms. beck. ms. beck: thank you. chairman casey and tester, ranking members scott and moran, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is meredith beck and i'm a senior policy advisor for the elizabeth dole foundation, a national nonprofit to strengthen, empower and support veteran caregivers. by working with these individuals every day, we're keenly aware of the challenges, issues and remarkable strengths of the community we are honored to serve. while we have outlined additional issues for consideration here in our written testimony, we first want to focus on the urgency of the passage of h.r. 8371, the senator elizabeth dole 21st century veterans health care and benefits improvement act, mentioned previously. clearly and without hesitation, the number one priority of the hreugsz betting dole foundation is the immediate passage of this legislation. it is not an exaggeration so he say we hear from veterans and caregivers every day who are depends rate for the support provid

ms. meredith beck. meredith is a national policy director for ther. elizabeth doe foundation.all be dispensed with.■ the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: the supreme court term is about to end, which means it's time for democrats and the allies to bully and the justices. most recent example of risible against justice alito for his wife's flags. i have nothing to say about those attacks themselves because they're so profoundly unserious, but i do have an observation better how some of the attacks have been leveled. three of ourolleagues have taken it upon themselves to write to the chief justice and demand justice alito recusal in ca cases. one went so far as to tell the chief that he justices alito and thomas of their ability to write majority opinions unless they recuse from the causes liberals don't want them hearing. this goes beyond the standard disgraceful bullying my democratic colleagues have perfected. recusal is the judicial act. these senators are telling the change the course of pending litigation. this is known as ex parte communication, and is