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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 282. This is a commonsense bill. It has received bipartisan support as it moved through the committee. It simplifies the process for a spouse of…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 1058, as amended. The VA Provider Equity Act is a commonsense solution to a really important problem that is plaguing the VHA--a shortage of healthcare…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, again, this is a smart piece of legislation. I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his work on this. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. 1058, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Yes, Mr. Speaker, I was in the Lutheran hymnal and not the Baptist. I apologize to the gentlewoman, and the next time I ask my 10-year-old to not be on his phone, I will be duly…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 1848, as amended, the Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017, offered by Chairman Roe. No one knows more about this, and I appreciate the…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers. Again, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2781. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2006, the VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act. This legislation will require VA to record any costs or savings it incurs as a result…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers. I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, to be clear, we are very aligned on the goals here. I am not implying that wait times went down if we didn't have…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in unwavering support of H.R. 3218. It is interesting, we may prove a couple of things. One is that the universe needs to be balanced, or God has an incredible sense of…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I feel so strongly about this, I am going to support it again today. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2006, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

In their letter from June 28, they wrote: ``Specifically, we call on you to reach an agreement on an emergency appropriation and authorization bill that would address urgent resource shortfalls endangering VA's medical care…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. President, I rise to talk about the effort by Republicans in the majority to rip apart our healthcare system and jeopardize the protections for people with preexisting conditions and to throw millions of people off their health…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jul 24, 2017

Mr. President, there aren't many votes like this in a Senator's career so let's just lay this out. If you support the vote tomorrow, the following are some of the specific consequences that could follow and in many cases would follow…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-24
Tom Emmer
@tomemmer· Republican · MN· Jul 19, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the St. Cloud Federal Credit Union for being named one of the top 150 workplaces in Minnesota by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The companies selected were based off of a survey done by Workplace…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-19
Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Jul 19, 2017

Mr. President, I rise also in opposition to the nomination of John Kenneth Bush. Mr. Bush, who has been nominated to serve as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, has the dubious distinction of having anonymously written scores…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-19
Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Jul 19, 2017

But the new technologies--with any new technology, as we know, comes new risks.

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