Can you assure me that the Loma Linda VA health care System in my district is included in a systemwide honest and transparent investigation to ensure the veterans in my district are getting the care that they have earned and need?

As a physician, public servant, and, more importantly, as an American, I am committed to ensuring that all veterans receive the medical care they have earned and need when they need it.

Any VA leader or whoever knew about this breach of public trust and did nothing should be held accountable or resign.

Well, I look forward to working with you to ensure that the veterans in my district and everywhere else will get the care that they need when they need it and we can lower the waiting time so that this never happens again to any of our…

The veterans in my district and across the Nation deserve better.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was 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 passage of the bill. The vote was taken…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Here in Congress, we wrestle with some of the hardest choices…

I am opposed in its current form, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Ruiz moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4487 to the Committee on Appropriations with…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 32, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)(increased by $5,000,000)''. The CHAIR. The gentleman…

Once again, through the Ryan budget, House leadership is seeking to balance the budget on the backs of hard-working American families and seniors, undermining the economic recovery, and ending the Medicare guarantee. As an emergency…

I applaud the gentlemen's efforts to provide a lifetime pass to service-connected disabled veterans and I hope we can collaborate in the future.

National parks give our veterans the opportunity to connect with nature and to exercise, which leads to better spiritual, mental, and physical health.

The bills we will be discussing today serve as a testament to our committee's dedication to preserving veterans' access to national parks.

Today, thanks to Representative Raul Ruiz and the bi-partisan coalition that joined to support his efforts, I am here to offer the support of Vet Voice Foundation and the veteran community for the 'Wounded Veterans Recreation Act.'

My bill honors the service of our Nation's veterans by ensuring that disabled veterans have the opportunity to enjoy and visit America's national parks at no cost.

I want to thank Representative Ruiz. I think your leadership is commendable for this.

H.R. 2119, the Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act, introduced by Representative Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36), would require the VA's Board of Veterans Appeals to offer alternative sites and/or technical modalities to Veterans for their appeal…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. Right now, House leadership is forcing a vote on a bill that…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Ruiz moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4138 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage of the bill. The vote…

It's a triple assault that many of our veterans face.

I am going to continue to follow the natural life history of requesting three ultrasound machines until they are born in the womb of our Loma Linda VA Hospital.

We definitely have to continue your efforts. There is a lot of problems that we need to fix and I appreciate that we are moving in the right direction albeit it perhaps impatiently slow, but we have to continue to move in that direction.

Now, we are starting a veterans university in our district where we are going to train and educate a lot of our veterans and our veteran service officers in the area to really help them learn the system and learn what they qualify for and…

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Unconscionably, domestic violence has reached pandemic proportions, affecting one out of every three women in the United States. As an emergency medicine doctor, I have witnessed firsthand the…