These are all issues that exist with the current mental health plan at VA.
Would you find it unacceptable if, in fact, the system was not providing what the health care professional prescribed to have?
Veterans have little access to follow-up care.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for all of you.
How is it that that Give an Hour can identify the need for flexibility in the delivery of mental health services but the VA cannot?
I think these are all things that we will follow up in detail.
We urge the Committee to demand more.
Unfortunately, their stories are not unique. I continue to hear from veterans about the problems they run into trying to get mental health c...
I wish the outcome of the Super Committee had been different, but I know that on both sides Members committed a lot of hours to try to compl...
This is simply unacceptable.
Both bills that we are talking about here today seek to prevent children from accessing gambling sites, and that is certainly a good thing a...
I think when it comes to prevention and treatment, or certainly prevention and research, that we have not seen the States step up to the lev...
I am going to ask unanimous consent to have this letter dated November 18th, 2011, included in the record.
Yes, I believe there is a need for that.
The bill requires the relevant State agencies to, quote, ensure to a reasonable degree of certainty that the individual placing a bet or wag...
But we can deal with it much better if it is legal, if it is regulated, if it is understood.
We essentially have that kind of prohibition now. And we will have a better handle on the situation if we legalize it and regulate it than i...
There are millions and millions, tens of millions of Americans gambling online now after we passed a bill supposedly banning it.