It would foster research to increase the number of safe, effective, and affordable rare disease medicines.

I believe there is great promise in repurposing drugs.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize all the hard- working nurses across America. Nursing is our country's largest healthcare profession. There are more than 3.1 million registered nurses working on the front lines with patients across…

Providing veterans with the care they need and deserve continues to be a top priority of mine and every member of this committee.

This commonsense bill gives the VA the legislative authority it needs to follow through with the original proposed rule.

Recent data has shown that every day in this country--an estimated 18-22 Veterans take their own lives. This statistic answers the question I posed earlier. It is obvious more needs to be done.

With statistics showing that one in five Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress, we must responsibly ask ourselves--are we doing enough when it comes to addressing mental health in our…

I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this draft bill and, with that, I yield back.

This bill will help give our veterans mental healthcare options that work for them and will lay the groundwork for future solutions.

We need to do more for our true American heroes. We have that responsibility. We have that duty.

More needs to be done in my opinion.