Julia Brownley

It is important for us to review the legislation that has been referred to this subcommittee.

It is important for us to, I think, review the legislation that has been referred to this Subcommittee

I am also delighted that we are considering H.R. 3471, the Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2015.

I am pleased to be a cosponsor of Congressman O'Rourke's bill, H.R. 1319, the Ask Veterans Act.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Costello The Acting CHAIR…

I would like to begin by thanking the chairmen and ranking members of the full committee and the subcommittee for their work on this bipartisan bill. I worked very hard to become a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 70, line 24, strike ``10 percent'' and insert ``20 percent''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

I will close. I just would like to reiterate that my amendment will simply increase the small project set-aside, which will leave 80 percent of the limited funds in the program for large projects. This is allowing the large projects to…

As co-chair of the Congressional Dyslexia Caucus, I rise in strong support of this bipartisan bill, the READ Act, which will ensure, finally, that science drives informed public policy. I want to thank Chairman Smith for his passionate…

According to table seven on page 30 of your report, the incoming Los Angeles Regional Office Director received a relocation incentive of $20,000.

the biggest barrier for the Choice program to work is actually having the providers in the program to do that.

the Choice program was designed for areas particularly like the areas here, and we have got to figure out how to make that work.

I know one of the issues that I worked on was the continuity of care issue because under the Choice program, if you had cancer and needed treatment, the continuity of care was only--I think it was 60 days or something.

I am trying to find other solutions to limit the amount of traveling.

This is an important hearing and issue, access to quality healthcare in rural areas.

I, for one, feel like we should combine all of those programs into one and have one reimbursement program and simplify it.

The purpose of today's hearing is to make sure that the care that you and your fellow veterans receive in the Eastern UP is timely, accessible, and high quality.

the Veterans Choice program presents a great opportunity to bring care closer to home through community providers

I had the opportunity to visit with a few veterans here today who assured me that they are getting absolutely great care.

Those buttons are symbolic of something, and in my mind what it is symbolic of is the VA's commitment.

So I guess just a broad question to all of you.

we want the VA to be nimble enough and flexible enough so that we are what we call back in Washington veteran-centric

Rural veterans are older, typically older, sicker than their urban counterparts.

I think we could all agree that this is common sense, that working with dogs is a very positive thing for some of our veterans.

I think we need to help to streamline the process.