These bills are intended to heighten the protection for our veterans and improve services provided by the VA.

Notably this bill is supported by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and the former secretary of Veterans' Affairs, Jim Nicholson.

What should VA do to maintain control of construction designs in the future?

This year the National Commission of the Structure of the Air Force released their findings, of their 2-year extensive look at Air Force--at force structure in the United States Air Force.

I agree with many of the commission's findings including its findings that there are certain core capabilities better suited for the Guard and Reserves such as missions in cyber, ISR, in space mission support.

I can tell you that for our disabled veterans, the enemy does not discriminate on who they fire upon.

I am proud to have introduced this proposal with both Chairman Graves and Chairman Miller of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

The process is cumbersome, expensive, and does not work for our veterans.

Mr. Chairman, the bill as currently written respects not only the veterans of this country, I being one of them, but also respects the taxpayers of this country in that it merely continues an existing funding source that this particular…

I certainly second that, his view of that.

the former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said before he left the administration words to the effect that he didn't envision the United States doing another Iraq and Afghanistan again

And failure to report will subject the VA facility to State penalties. These penalties are vital to ensure the VA will comply with and improve their reporting requirements. Given the VA's recent inadequate responses to infectious disease…

I am worried that the future pool of recruits may not be able to maintain the elite standards that we have established.

I am proud of the extraordinary current level of talent in the armed services that has developed under the all-volunteer military that we have today.

This paper details the reasons why the current enlistment statute is flawed and why H.R. 435 provides the best remedy.

I introduced legislation that would widen the enlistment statute, section 504 of the U.S. Code, to allow not only natural born citizens and legal permanent residents to enlist, but also temporary visa holders and individuals approved under…

Vendors performing operations on veterans is not only a serious breach of VA protocol but also violates the veteran's privacy and thereby HIPAA.

Clearly, national guidance and oversight is necessary to protect veterans who undergo surgical implant procedures.

I just cannot believe that that does not happen either.

I am not convinced that VA has taken the appropriate steps to correct these problems, especially considering how many of them were addressed in similar hearings this subcommittee held nearly two years ago.

It is way past time for VA to develop national policies that set forth the parameters for vendor access to treatment facilities and that implement sufficient oversight controls.

This hearing examines serious problems with the tracking and handling of surgical implants within the VA.

This week I introduced legislation that will amend the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare, to prohibit a bailout for the insurance industry that is currently authorized under section 1341 and section 1342 of the Affordable Care…

Earlier this year I introduced, along with Representative Mark Takano, H.R. 1402, the Veteran Paralympics Act, and I am happy to see that this legislation is now poised to pass the House floor along with other important programs for…

It seems to me maybe under the narrowest of circumstances the reverse auction process would work.