WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran addressed the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs Eric Shinseki and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) officials regarding important needs for Kansas veterans.

Sen. Moran highlighted a U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs-sponsored roundtable discussion taking place on Thursday with veteran entrepreneurs to enhance veteran employment, small businesses and startups. He also asked Secretary Shinseki and other VA officials about the need for physicians at Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), hiring mental health care professionals to treat veterans in rural areas, and progress on a joint medical facility at McConnell Air Force Base in partnership with the Robert Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita.