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Noem addresses Hot Springs VA concerns

First it was Senator Thune and now South Dakota's lone U.S. House Representative stops in KOTA Territory to talk with veterans about the Hot Springs VA.

People gathered today in Hot Springs for a town hall meeting hosted by Kristi Noem.

The Veteran's Administration has proposed closing the town's VA clinic and moving some services and jobs to Rapid City or Fort Meade.

Noem says she heard moving testimony, including veterans' personal stories of the care they've received at the hot springs VA.

But she says she wants to see a cost analysis from the VA before making any decisions.

"They've been caring for these veterans for decades. They entire town has wrapped their arms around them. But it also impacts their businesses, impacts their schools. They bring people in from all over the country and they love them, they heal them and then they send them back to be people in their own communities to be better because of the care they've given them," says Representative Noem.

Representative Noem says she's working with Senator Thune and Johnson,  along with Nebraska Representative Adrian Smith.