"I appreciate the Subcommittee's commitment to improving the VA's various veteran employment programs."
"So then why did some of these disasters happen in some of these VISNs? And if that is the role and responsibilities, why did it happen?"
"I am concerned that the current VISN structure is leading to unclear roles and responsibilities at the highest levels of VA management."
"VA's relationship to its academic affiliates is essential if VA is to provide the level of health care that we all expect for our veterans."
"I am concerned that VA's current research budget is not keeping pace with inflation."
"This morning this Subcommittee will delve into issues involving VA's mission to discover knowledge, develop researchers and health care leaders, and create innovations to advance health care for veter..."
"We need to come together to figure out the best way to ensure vital research to advance veterans health care needs is funded."
"Veterans are often placated with 'cocktails' of prescription drugs, including powerful and addictive opiates."
"I am proud of the work being done within this Committee and throughout this congress to preserve and enhance the VA health care."
"It is integral that veterans seeking peer-to-peer counseling are afforded an opportunity to speak with a peer that they can relate to."
"I believe the VA must continue to look at complementary and alternative treatments, such as cannabis, that can help veterans cope with the invisible wounds of war."