I look forward to working with you this Congress to better the lives of veterans and their families.

VA's testimony provided for this hearing is unacceptable and I have begun examining measures that would require VA to be much more open with the American people moving forward.

As ranking member of the Health Subcommittee, I certainly take seriously our responsibility to conduct oversight of veterans' health administration programs to ensure that they are working as intended, and that is to improve the lives of…

Thank you for the segue in terms of talking about my bill. I appreciate that very much.

It is not just one thing. I mean, are we working with the stakeholders?

I am hopeful that my bill can move forward and appreciate the support that many of the VSOs have shown for my bill.

As ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, I believe that we must find more and better ways to provide our veterans with the healthcare they need.

My bill would require the VA to do a better job of evaluating what works.

The Expanding Care for Veterans Act would expand research and education on and delivery of complementary and alternative medicine to veterans.

I mean, I would hope that, at the end of the day, their priorities would be our collective priorities.

We have some veterans who are traveling 6 hours to actually utilize this therapy because it has been the only thing that has really worked for them.

I guess my question goes back to the 22 veterans per day that is committing suicide.