A lot of this was done in the dark of the night, so to speak.

I continue to hear from veterans in Kansas and across the country who face what are unacceptable barriers to accessing timely, quality health care that they need.

The Veterans HEALTH Act is bipartisan, and I appreciate my colleague, Senator Sinema, for working with me on this legislation.

Congress has a responsibility to give direction to the VA. We do it based upon our best abilities and the information that we have.

AWP was proud to support the access standards 2 years ago when introduced by Ranking Member Moran.

the name of this Committee, quite frankly, should be the House Oversight Committee on the District of Columbia

I do not see that this is prudent to the daily lives of American working families who are paying twice as much for groceries and gasoline than they were 2 years ago.

Thank the Chairman for having this hearing as well.

I was fully engaged in the MISSION Act, so the language that is in there is language that I participated in creating, and language that I voted for and support.

Specifically, who? Who is going to be making less money and who is going to have less power because of this merger?

I urge Members to vote no on this bill, and I urge this Committee to keep its hands off D.C. and pass the D.C. Statehood bill instead.

3 million Americans this year will get some type of an antimicrobial resistance superbug this year.

We can build a resilient health care system designed with people at the very center--designed to take care of all Americans.

I am sure this question has been asked earlier. I have been in another committee.

She died from a resistant bacteria, from sepsis, a complication from a C-section.

When I was Mayor of Long Beach, California, I was really proud to establish the first city-wide project labor agreement in the state.

I am grateful to you for your support of the Veterans HEALTH Act.

Why are we not investigating those issues? Why are we not investigating the 90 percent of the counterfeits that come into this country are made in China, 90 percent of the fentanyl that comes into this country is made in China.