What Graham Platner has said about United States Department of Veterans Affairs

2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 1, 2026

Graham Platner, Presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, has been quoted on United States Department of Veterans Affairs 2 times in 1 episode of Up First from NPR, most recently on June 1, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Platner proposes building an army of VA social workers to find veterans not receiving benefits they earned.
“building an army of social workers for the VA to go out into this country and find every single veteran who is not getting the benefits that they earned”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 44:43
Platner recounts that he filed his first VA claim in 2013 and did not receive a final rating until the early 2020s.
“I think I filed my first claim in 2013, and it wasn't until the early 2020s that the VA finally gave me my final rating”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 44:43

Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers
Up First from NPR · Jun 1, 2026 · 48 min
Leila Fadel interviews Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner about his working-class politics, past controversies, masculinity, the Iran war, Pete Hegseth, and beating Susan Collins.