Clearly, national guidance and oversight is necessary to protect veterans who undergo surgical implant procedures.
And I applaud the regulators for putting a strong Volcker Rule in place to try to prevent this type of risk-taking going...
This hearing examines serious problems with the tracking and handling of surgical implants within the VA.
I am not convinced that VA has taken the appropriate steps to correct these problems, especially considering how many of...
So, look, we know why folks want to kill the Volcker Rule, but, in all honesty, I think it is a good step.
I did an amendment, too, that was--and I would offer it into the record, too, the amendment that did pass, which was two...
But we can't have the same kinds of losses that we suffered in 2008. At least not in my lifetime, I don't want to see th...
Vendors performing operations on veterans is not only a serious breach of VA protocol but also violates the veteran's pr...
I just cannot believe that that does not happen either.
I just want to make sure that no one ends up blaming them or in case the VA has procedures that need to be improved.
And I want to thank you for having this important hearing and for your work on this issue.
a physician who stated that vendor representatives were present during the application of skin grafts at this VA medical...
In Dodd-Frank we tried to, by an amendment, return to the separation of commercial banks from investment banks.
The Volcker Rule will ensure Federal dollars are no longer used to protect losses from risky trading.
It is way past time for VA to develop national policies that set forth the parameters for vendor access to treatment fac...
The U.S. posted a record December budget surplus as higher payroll taxes, payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and ...
Our focus should remain on creating American jobs and producing American resources for American consumers.
As long as American's hard-earned dollars are funding terrorists and petrol dictators, we must fight to open and develop...
