WASHINGTON _ Sen. Jerry Moran said he will be leaning on veterans to help him set the agenda when he becomes chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee in January.
Moran, R-Kansas, will succeed Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican who officially retired this month after two decades on Capitol Hill, including four years chairing the Senate panel which oversees the Department of Veteran Affairs.
Moran, who has served on the committee since he joined the Senate in 2011, said most of the veterans-related legislation he's worked on has originated with veterans in Kansas. He'll take a similar approach as chairman and look to veterans nationally to help set the committee's agenda.
