Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016. Naming the bill after my colleagues is a testament to the bipartisan nature of both the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. The bill before us today contains numerous pieces of legislation introduced or supported by Members on both sides of the aisle. I thank Chairman Miller and all the members of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, both Democrats and Republicans, for their hard work putting together an omnibus bill that will improve the care and support we provide to America's veterans. I want to specifically acknowledge our committee members-- Representative Brown, Representative Titus, Dr. Ruiz, Representative O'Rourke, Representative Rice, Representative Walz, and Representative McNerney; and my other Democratic colleagues, Representative Pingree and Representative Frankel, Senator-elect Duckworth, Representative Gallego, Representative Hahn, and Representative Sinema--all who made valuable contributions to this bill. I also would like to take this time to congratulate Dr. Roe on his selection as the next chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. I look forward to working with him in order to preserve the bipartisan nature of this committee in the 115th Congress so that we can do what is best for veterans. It is fitting that we are taking this bill up on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor.…”