If VA is not going to publicly advocate for its legislative priorities, you should not expect this Committee or this Senator to do so.

This is really, really, really important.

That is a bit disturbing for me.

I also urge adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Gianforte) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2897. The…

I would echo the sentiments of the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Hanabusa). I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman…

I thank the gentlewoman from Hawaii for her help on this, and I would also urge my colleagues to vote for the bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Largely due to your leadership, this Committee had a historic year in terms of the number and scope of bills we've had signed into law.

I do not care if it is marijuana or sagebrush or thistle or cactus. I do not give a damn so long as it helps them.

Two weeks it is. We will hold you to it.

I have heard from our Intertribal Ag Council based in Billings, Montana, regarding their priorities for the 2018 Farm Bill.

We must work together to address the unique challenges faced by tribal farmers.

So, what can we do to fix it?

I am particularly concerned by the report's exposure of how Medicaid expansion dollars have resulted in addiction among some recipients.

We may be in a crisis in Alaska, and we may be in a crisis in North Carolina, and every other State, too.

I don't think this is a Democrat-Republican issue. I think this is a democracy issue.

I would really like to get a list of about five specific things that the VA central office is going to do above and beyond what you are currently doing to address the clinical vacancies in our State.

Our democracy is at risk here. We've got to figure out how to get this done and get it done right.

When you overwork employees, they tend to hit the road.