Neal Dunn

Once again, I encourage all Members to support H.R. 4245, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Once again, I encourage all Members to support H.R. 3832, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

If we could treat it perfectly, we still aren't allowed to diagnose our active-duty troops lest we ruin their careers.

I share your optimism, and I thank you for the gratuitous plug for the Mission Act, the VA bill that we're carrying across the finish line right now.

H.R. 4323, the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act, was introduced by Representative Neal Dunn of Florida.

The Department of Veterans' Affairs healthcare system is the nation's largest healthcare provider, and because of this, is in a unique position to help curb the opioid epidemic.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 249 million prescriptions were written by healthcare providers in 2013.

Mr. Chairman, at the end of the day, veterans should receive the best available and timely care they can get.

I am willing to work with you and your committee in any way to better this legislation so that we can empower injured and amputee veterans when they are making their healthcare choices.

I can guarantee everyone sitting on this dais today has veterans back home suffering for the same reason...

H.R. 3832, sponsored by Dr. Dunn, would help prevent opioid abuse among veterans.

Rich took me to Afghanistan a few months ago, and we spent Thanksgiving there serving the troops.

I thank you very much for your tireless efforts.

Regrettably over the last 20 years, the FDA has managed to approve just two animals.

I am going to look forward to working with your Department on legislation such as H.R. 1380, Timber Innovation Act of 2017, to spur innovation of the forestry sector and to grow those markets.

You may delegate authority, but you may not delegate responsibility.

I share the outrage that Mr. Walz has expressed.

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants

H.R. 2601 is legislation that puts the best medical interest of the veteran first.

It is fair to say, listening sort of in between the lines here, that there is no clinical purpose that is served by requiring veterans per se to be driving past these other centers to get to VA centers?

So if I could just make a comment to your answer, which is the other transplant bill, Judge Carter's bill, which was the living related donors being covered in the VA, is a great answer for keeping your VA--

Our Veterans should receive the best care available to them, and this starts with the passage of The VETS Act.

The VETS Act continues to expand telehealth access for Veterans in a responsible manner.

Let me echo the comments that have been made by Ranking Member Walz and others that you have made yourself very available to this Committee and that is a breath of fresh air, and also you are a great partner, you and your professionals.

This policy change in transplant medicine builds on our larger strategy to improve the quality of health care access for those who, as Lincoln said, 'shall have borne the battle.'