Scott Peters

I use it a lot just to stay connected back home in San Diego.

At the VA, serving veterans should always come first. And we have to value whistleblowers who call out bad actors and toxic culture.

I also want to commend my colleague Ms. Brownley for her work to ensure veterans of all ages have access to vocational rehab in the future.

So my bill would just ensure Reservists and Guardsmen will have access to that full 12-year window to use their vocational rehab benefits.

My bill would--our bill would--direct the Department of Defense and Department of Energy to work together in analyzing how microreactors can bolster energy resiliency for national security.

I supported research and development in next generation energy technologies, particularly advanced nuclear development in small modular reactors.

Nuclear energy technology is an important part of increasing our zero mission energy sources.

I feel a little bit taken advantage of, because that was not the intent of the vote that I took.

This is gasoline on the fire.

I share Mr. Arrington's frustration. I will say that we voted for the Accountability Act here in order to give more flexibility for hiring and firing.

I know my colleagues on both sides of the aisle were disappointed in that.

I am glad to hear that.

I also want to note that Congressman Peters and Congressman Rutherford have been very helpful in leading a bipartisan effort to ensure that the VA is paying attention to these new technologies.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to Ranking Member Kuster.

What happens, I think, when we don't do that is that we get the kinds of things that President Trump has proposed, which is an evisceration of the regulatory system that doesn't get us high standards.

Just following on Mr. Griffith's comment, in the veterans mental healthcare field, I see a huge opportunity for telemedicine, and you have got all sorts of issues with reimbursements but also with cross-State licensing, and I would…

Not every solution that comes from the government, I think, with community involvement has been so helpful.

The most cost-effective expenditure of an American taxpayer money is to really prepare transitioning vets to come out and be productive, be employed, have a plan.

Keeping them housed and off the streets and dealing with housing is, in effect, part of the suicide battle.

We don't want that to come at the expense of housing, because the two are so related.

Because of that, the nature of our homeless population is that it is heavy on veterans.

The choice between a clean environment and a prosperous economy is a false choice.

They also cost us a ton of money at the Federal Government for cleanup, and I think a lot about what you might have learned as part of the cleanup that you might advise us to invest in ahead of time.

I think this is about the least intrusive way for government to promote energy efficiency by sort of setting the table for consumers to have the information that they need to make a decision about whether they want to invest in energy…

I would like to offer that as something that you can advocate for within the Administration.