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Is really what it is today 18 years later and it's become a journey, when they were first injured and we followed them through their days at walter reed and as they went back to the communities and started facing challenges with the va system, we began realizing that there was even more need and as time has traveled, we've watched some things get better but we have also seen where the suicide rates have increased and to me if we lose one when they get home, that's just too many. anita: i couldn't agree with you more. we are going to get cut off. you do follow the people that you help all the w...

People since have you asked me range of topics over time would recognize we need take steps to ensure so we know where individuals are and we can track and check in with them. >> congresswoman hinson if you want to know where these individuals are i have a thought, why not en40s border laws in the first place. >> right. we need to give cbp and ice agents the tools to do their jobs not be handing out cell phones to illegal immigrants. what a slap in the face in terms of incentivizing illegal immigration. we hear reports they will take medical personnel from va system. designed to give healthcar...

Trooper who says he was forced to resign by the texas department of public safety after returning from iraq disabled by his exposure to the open air burn pits. a group of bills currently on capitol hill and named it to pit exposure a presumptive condition for va health coverage. the cost, about $282 billion over ten years. in november, the va and white house made covering burn pit exposure a priority. president biden believes his own son's cancer resulted from it. it's taken a long time to get to this point but it is a big priority for this administration. the question is how to pay for it and...

White house. different measures, different policies and prescriptions for the vaccinated and unvaccinated. the number of eligible unvaccinated adults down to 85 million. i think the last time he addressed the country on this topic is 93 million and the white house putting some teeth in vaccine encouragement and mandates. doctor, tell me what you heard that will move the needle in terms of getting more people vaccinated in that 83 million eligible but unvaccinated american category. >> so i think one of the most important things that the president can do is search every single possible avenue t...

Something known as the ferris dock ring. you can die to defend the rights of others, but you can't lawyer up to defend yourself. >> this is the only class of american who is locked out of courts, those folks who protect our rights. >> if you get injured in combat, there is a va system. when you are injured for negligence, are you injure d tht you can't sue your commander. that's insane. >> it seems very similar of the way that if you go to prison. >> it is. >> you lose a lot of your rights. >> it is. there is something in that because, in fact, if you are a prisoner, you have more rights. >> w...