Julia Brownley

These militarized raids are not routine immigration enforcement. They are part of a deliberate, disruptive, and ongoing campaign of cruelty that is an unacceptable assault on our way of life.

I think instead of putting our collective heads in the sand, we should double down on investments to innovate and adapt.

Reproductive health care is veterans' health care, and we must make it the law.

I hope it happens sooner versus later.

It seems pretty simple to me that the VA, in order to write this letter to survivors, they have to come up with an itemized list.

I have introduced legislation that would bring the age limit up to 26 that was set by the provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to study and reduce food waste.

H.R. 3935 will help protect workers from assault.

Your legislation includes a number of historic provisions the TWU has been advocating for for over decades.

I look forward to hearing more today about the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic assisted therapies for veterans.

I do think that it is important that we acknowledge the progress that we have made.

I will say, though, that I, back in November, I visited the Los Angeles Regional Office and met with VBA employees there.

I do think that there is still more that needs to be done to make sure that we are processing these claims on a timely basis.

I also want to thank you for your work to improve our Nation's infrastructure, to improve transportation safety, and to address the climate crisis.

If you have seen one VA, you have seen one VA. Each medical center has a lot of autonomy.

We thank Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA-26) for introducing this legislation.

This legislation will increase the mileage reimbursement rate for VA's Beneficiary Travel Program.

NOVA thanks Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Julia Brownley for reintroducing the Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act.

I will just say to the VA and to the management of the VA that we all know that this is a crisis situation.

I guess my question to you is, and this lies some of my frustration, is that the net net increase in hiring--and I presume it is not--but you let me--tell me one way or the other, is it net net?

Thank you, Madam Chair.

It is frustrating that the VA has not made more progress addressing these challenges, most of which long predate the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is an opportune time to reflect on how the pandemic affected the healthcare workforce in this country.

It is just I feel as though we have given--this committee has given the VA a lot of tools and sometimes those tools are underutilized to get to the goals that we are trying to get to.