We are all very, very targeted on what we are seeing, with alarming rates of suicide.

Mr. President, I rise today to honor the American Ambulance Association's ``Stars of Life'' recipients from Arkansas. I am proud to recognize these noble Americans who are always there to help those in need. The emergency medical…

U.S. is a very generous country, and it has really stepped up in the past. It is stepping up now.

The increase in fertilizer costs, the input costs are just through the roof.

However, the growth of the department's budget at this rate is unsustainable.

I introduced a bill last week that prohibits the VA from using any funds to allocate health care staff to care for non-citizens following the inevitable escalation caused by the removal of Title 42 orders.

The budget requests $301 billion in fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, including medical care collections and the Transformation Fund, representing an 11.3 percent increase over fiscal year 2022-enacted levels.

Members of this subcommittee remain committed to providing VA with the resources needed to care for our veterans.

The VA's Fourth Mission played an essential role in the interagency response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we are very grateful for the efforts in that regard.

Can we get the same commitment from you that the VA's Fourth Mission will not be used to divert health care staff to the border to treat non-citizens following the escalation at the border?

Our missile stockpiles are being stretched thin after years of reducing it at a minimum rate of sustainment.