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Mike Rounds: “We've had veterans that have not received notification of…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Questions Secretary Collins at an Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:14

Mr. Chairman or Mr. Secretary, in South Dakota, we have been dealing, it's an ongoing challenge we've had with postal service within our state and quite frankly, it sucks. And because of that, We've had veterans that have not received notification of appointments in a timely fashion [due to postal service issues]. We've had in some cases veterans that can't get their prescription drugs in time from when they request them to the time that it's actually received in the mail. (03:14–03:24)

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Asserts that postal service issues have caused veterans to not receive appointment notifications timely.

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