"But even if the Feres doctrine is changed, we know it will not make you or the other victims of military medical malpractice whole."
"When our service members suffer from medical malpractice, when doctors fail to perform or woefully misread tests, when nurses botch routine procedures, when clinicians ignore and disregard pain, servi..."
"I have seen it time and time again as a veteran advocate. When you are hurt due to malpractice and you file a claim, the claim is denied."
"The lack of moral prioritization by this administration is galling."
"There is no justification for this Court to read exemptions into the act beyond those provided by Congress. If the act is to be altered, then it is a function for the same body that adopted it."
"It is wrong that it has gone on as long as it has without the Congress of the United States putting their big-people britches on."
"I wonder, Madam Chair, what it says about our military medical system that it is so bad that we have to actually shield it, that it could cost multiple billions of dollars to fully allow tort claims, ..."
"I encourage our colleagues on the Judiciary Committee to do so and to have an open debate on this issue that impacts our brave men and women who serve this great Nation."
"The amendment to the Federal Tort Claims Act is an amendment that I am introducing as a bill later today. And it will be named after Sergeant Stayskal."
"They should be able to seek out a civilian provider who has that."
"notwithstanding any time limit contained in the original ERA, the ERA shall be valid to all intents and purposes when ratified by the legislature of three-fourths of the states."