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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I stand in strong support of H.R. 5044. The gentleman has brought a really important point forward. Currently, if a veteran's death results in their small business…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, this is a good piece of legislation. I thank the gentleman for bringing it up. The taxpayers understand that this is exactly what we are supposed to be doing. I encourage a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4958, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act. As the chairman said, it is our responsibility to make sure the guarantee…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 4245, the Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017. When I first came to Congress back in 2007, as a veteran myself, one of the…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5418, as amended. The Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act ties into what we were just discussing. For many years, we…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I would like to note, on this, there are other issues at hand here. There are certainly some of these cases where people are just blatantly…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5215, the Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Mitigation Act. I have often said I am the VA's staunchest supporter, but I will be their harshest…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia for taking the time to tell us about Sergeant Major Hendrix. This is exactly the point I'm making: If you want to exemplify what this…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida for his great work on this. I encourage its passage. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise to add my voice to those supporting H.R. 3946, which does name the VA community-based outpatient clinic in Statesboro, Georgia, the Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic. I…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the gentleman's Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act. It was about 10 years ago to the day that we stood on this floor when I had a piece of…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise in support of H.R. 1972, but I would once again like to note we are here again with the most productive committee in the United States Congress, the most…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, again, I too, would like to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Representative Smucker, and Representative Emmer for their tireless work for care of veterans not just in Minnesota, but across the country. I also thank the…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Correa), the chief author of this bill and a good friend to veterans across the country.

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of high-quality, accessible treatment options for survivors of military sexual trauma. I want to thank the gentleman. His concern is exactly in the…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of Congressman Correa's and Chairman Roe's bill, H.R. 4334, the Improving Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act. The gentleman from California has proven over the…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· May 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman's commitment to this issue. I appreciate the work that has been spent to continue to evolve to get this right, because I do think there is, obviously, no disagreement in the scourge and the horrific…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-21