To respond to the assertion that there is no due process in this act and that the 21st Century Cures Act did not do anything to help veterans. The 21st Century Cures Act codified the following due process guaranteed to veterans through the…

I recognize that the current practice of information sharing between the VA and NICS is overinclusive and that alternatives should be explored that would more appropriately balance veterans' Second Amendment rights with ensuring that…

I include in the Record a letter from Everytown for Gun Safety and a coalition letter led by the Newtown Action Alliance signed by over 40 organizations from around the country opposing this bill. Everytown for Gun Safety, New York, NY…

I think you are really on the leadership edge of this, Congresswoman Esty, and we can do something so that by the next hearing I'll have a better answer.

That is just shameful and wrong. And we absolutely need to have a system where that can't happen.

The social cost of carbon is a metric used to value the damage caused by emitting 1 ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a year.

Some people suggest that regulations to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants are unnecessary because climate change does not exist or human activity does not contribute to it, but simply ignoring a fact does not make…

if there are too many missions, none will be achieved. And that is a great loss not to just this country but really to the future of the human species.

And we are delighted for your leadership and your insight to help us guide important decisionmaking in this committee.

Thank you, Chairman LoBiondo and Ranking Member Larsen, for inviting me to participate in today's hearing.

I am happy to be here today as the Ranking Member designate of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and I am looking forward to working with all of you to ensure that the veterans that we are honored to represent…

I think we are all on the same page and I think it is going to be up to us in Congress to prioritize these issues to better serve veterans.

And I think that might be something we want to explore in more detail.

I want to understand some of the issues and delays that do remain and I look forward to working with you to improve the claims process going forward.

So as we move forward I would welcome your thoughts on whether we can use the technology to help solve this problem.

This issue about continuous improvement and lean does depend on ownership.

Thank you all for your service and your commitment to work together with us to serve veterans better.

Once again, I thank Congressman Comstock, Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson, and our Chairman Lamar Smith, and I would urge my colleagues to support this worthwhile piece of legislation. It is wonderful to be able to start out the…

Again, I thank my esteemed colleagues for their leadership on this, in particular, Representative Comstock from Virginia and the ranking member. This is a very laudable bill that plays an important role in inspiring the next generation of…

That's wrong and it's shameful. We have a critical work force need in the STEM field.

It's proven, as my colleague Mr. Knight mentioned, that girls who have women science teachers are more likely to get interested in science.

this bill, I think, fails to achieve that.

I think it is irresponsible for this Committee to impose additional burdens of reporting and response at the same time not only not offering resources but backing budget proposals that would do massive cut in resources.

I'm proud to be introducing this legislation with my colleague, Mr. Knight, and I want to thank him for his work on this.

no additional resources are called for, and that does not even begin to address the fact that the incoming Administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in agency resources--25 percent.