Lawmakers, government officials and advocacy groups said Wednesday that veterans issues must continue down a nonpartisan track in January, when a new Washington emerges following the 2024 elections that delivered a Republican trifecta in federal government.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, told The Hill's Bob Cusack at the "Veterans Voices" event in Washington, D.C., that his committee would continue a focus on bipartisanship.

"Of all places that we should be bipartisan, it would be the Veterans' Affairs Committee. And there are very few issues that really should divide us on partisan lines," he said.

Moran said he was focused on several veterans issues, including expanding the access of care for those who live in rural areas, increasing mental health........

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