I think we need to help to streamline the process.

Access to safe, quality healthcare is and must be the priority for the subcommittee.

I would like to express my full support for this bill.

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 appreciate all of you for your support of the Female Veterans Suicide Prevention Act.

This is the final amendment to H.R. 2578, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. My amendment would provide an additional $3 million for…

I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Brownley of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2578 to the Committee on Appropriations with…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the passage of the bill. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 23, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''. Page 42, line 24, after the dollar amount…

I appreciate very, very much the chairman accepting my amendment. I appreciate his support, and I know veterans across the country will as well. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment, as…

We need to shift the VA from a rule-based organization to a principle-based organization.

I just believe that we need to do more, that you need more assistance, you need a larger team.