"It is frustrating that the VA has not made more progress addressing these challenges, most of which long predate the COVID-19 pandemic."
"I applaud the VA in terms of their strong focus on implementation of the PACT Act, but we can not forget the rest of the VA and all the other missions that we have here."
"Do you have any kind of timelines in terms of where you are trying to get to in these various categories?"
"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."
"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."
"We envisioned it to not only as a raise for those who are already maxed out, but as an opportunity for VA to reassess nurse and physician assistants pay across the board."
"We have got to figure out this discrepancy, okay."
"In no way does the bill say that every veteran who receives home based care would use the full amount?"
"We have been through a lot and accomplished a great deal during the time all of us have served."
"It has been my greatest honor to serve on the Health Subcommittee for more than 10 years now, since my very first term in Congress."