if we don't do it now, the situation is just going to get worse.
H.R.5083 - VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2016, introduced by Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-1), is an attempt to improve the appeals process...
Thank you for including H.R. 5083, the Veterans Appeals Modernization Act of 2016, on the agenda today.
Thanks to the hard work of the employees of the VA, in addition to more resources given by Congress, this backlog has been greatly reduced.
I strongly believe that tax reform, done the right way, can improve our fiscal picture.
I urge you to act immediately to extend the ITC across the board and establish parallel tax treatment for the excluded technologies.
I would hope that they would come more often, maybe they would have some influence on our city out here in Washington, D.C.
I don't have to tell you the importance of it, two of the largest cities in America, Phoenix and Las Vegas, without a freeway between them.
Las Vegas is a 'can do' city: anything you want, anything you think can happen in that town, in that city, will happen.
the first question they're going to ask you is, 'How long is it going to take to get that corridor between Phoenix and Las Vegas?'
We've got to get through this NEPA program.
I think what he said yesterday and what he said about the VA claims backlog is a substantive issue.
I come from a State that had the worst wait times when it came to benefits.
I think that one of the things that is germane is holding management accountable.
Saturday delivery seems pretty desirable and is a valuable service both to the people that get the mail, like me, and the people that are se...
I would, as I said at the outset, do everything I can to fulfill the expectations and responsibilities you would be entrusting to me.
It still makes sense that the Postal Service should remain a Federal entity that should function like a private business.
I am aware that for decades now, Congress determined that the Postal Service should be a public entity.
