If we are going to send funds overseas, they should project our values. I agree with the overwhelming majority of Americans and Montanans stating this center doesn't project our values. A grant that received funds through the Fogarty…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Montana has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The irony is that the VA already has an EHR platform with more than 99.9 percent uptime. This is like Ivory soap pure, folks.

Today's hearing should have been unnecessary. The very least we expect from a piece of software is that it runs reliably when we launch it.

What we are saying is that none of the funds that are going to be allocated to the Office of Refugee Resettlement proposed rule would allow any of those dollars to be used for abortions for unaccompanied minors. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, one…

I actually might ask Mr. Tinston to reply on that one if you are okay with that.

How much more would you say that we should begin to have conversations about allocating toward this system?

I believe they constitute a national security risk.

My amendment No. 133 would prohibit funds made available by this act from conducting or supporting any gain-of-function research involving a potential pandemic pathogen by the Rocky Mountain Laboratories. We have heard a lot of…

What unique challenges does Lovell pose, and how are you going to overcome them?

I think that is a place where we actually are aligned and we need to do better.

I have grave concerns because of watching the other facilities and the rollouts, and we know that level is a lot more complex.

At this rate of improvement it would take Oracle EHR 15 more years to come up to the level of VistA.

I hope the two departments and Oracle can put the blame shifting behind them once and for all and address the problems regardless of who may have created them.

Apparently, we don't have good clarification here. Rather than to go on through this debate this evening, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

My amendment No. 135 would prohibit funds from being used to implement the Office of Refugee Resettlement's proposed rule which allows for the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions for unaccompanied minors. This proposed rule is a…

Despite these significant reserves, Montana has experienced a steady decline in coal production since the Obama administration.