Julia Brownley

I think that, you know, telehealth is going to be a critical component in the services that our CBOC can offer.

I want to be as transparent, so everyone in this room knows that we have gone through some growing pains at the Oxnard CBOC.

I want everyone in the audience to know that Dr. Wenstrup is an extraordinary Member of Congress.

My heart goes out to the victims of the tragedy in Orlando. This act of terror and hate has reverberated across our Nation with a goal to divide us and instill fear against those who simply wish to express themselves and live their lives…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. McCoy, you have basically testified that almost now 100 percent of the claims are processed electronically, almost there.

I would think in the next maybe 6 to 8 weeks, we would have that policy updated and concurrence completed.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

But a timeline, by what date?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey and the gentlewoman from Indiana. I think we all realize the importance of ensuring that this interagency task force is effective and works, and I think the eyes on specific healthcare needs of women…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 11, strike ``and''. Page 4, line 13, insert ``and'' after the semicolon. Page 4, after line 13…

I just wanted to follow-up on my line of questioning earlier with regards to, you know, the core VistA system.

We need, and our veterans need, a very strong and healthy IT program to deliver that kind of care.

I think this is a really important bill to try to meet that criteria, if you will.

We need to make sure that, if they die, that we are taking care of them and they don't have to worry about their family once they are deceased.

This draft legislation is another step forward in revising hiring practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I support the effort to institute competitive pay for VA medical center directors.

First I would like to thank Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Brown for their help in moving the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act forward. I would also like to recognize my colleague from Arizona whose bill honoring the memory of her…

This plan submitted to Congress in 2015 would bring under one umbrella a program that is easy to understand and more importantly to implement.

After more than a decade of war, veterans deserve to have ready access to the best health care available to them.

I believe the department implemented the program to the best of their ability under trying circumstances.

When Congress passed and the President signed the Veterans Access Care and Accountability Act in 2014, this was a promise to all veterans from all eras that they would get the care they earned on the battlefield in defense of our Nation.

I wanted to just highlight three bills today that I am a co-author on.

I am also a cosponsor of Congressman Peters' bill, H.R. 2639, the Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act.

From my perspective, it is not because of the surveying that the VA is doing now, it is sort of comprehensive, it is sort of national.