WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and nine of their Senate Democratic colleagues introduced sweeping legislation to improve health care for veterans. The Honor Our Promise to Veterans (Honor) Act would invest in the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) aging infrastructure, augment the VA's ability to recruit high-quality health care employees, and improve the standards of care veterans receive.

"America's veterans deserve the highest standard of care, and I'm proud to join this commonsense legislation to deliver just that," said Senator Cortez Masto. "This bill will make it easier to upgrade old infrastructu...