I want to know where VA is on getting a new CBOC for Hilo because this is the highest priority for Big Island veterans.

It makes me extremely nervous that you say you can absorb these costs.

The VA also needs to invest even more in telehealth and remote patient monitoring.

I want to know that this is not a reflecting sort of view of the political winds here in terms of privatizing services.

I hope today's hearing will cover all aspects of VA, and I urge my colleagues to leave no stone unturned.

Energy assurance at our Air Force bases in the United States supports the service's ability to execute operations.

I just want to know if there is anything either on the authorizing side... that we can do to help you to expand telehealth and telemedicine.

I am happy to see this investment into the program, especially given the current deficiencies.

I want to give a status report on this bill. Right now, we think it is with the 13 men who are working on it in secret; they will show it to Republican lobbyists, and then they will send it over to the CBO for a score, and eventually the…

I would love to see Congress address it.

The programs fund broadband access in libraries and schools, and provide low-income Americans access to opportunities that can lead to a better life.

First, we have to remain vigilant against waste, fraud, and abuse.

the largest carriers have strategic commitments to nonrural businesses and are underinvesting in a way that affects the largest number of rural customers across the country.

I worry that the way the FCC has implemented its USF mandate does not always account for that uniqueness.

USF, as you all know, was created to make sure that all Americans have the security and the opportunities that come with being connected to essential communications networks.

I have a parliamentary inquiry. I have information that indicates that approximately 300 amendments were considered and that of those amendments, 161 amendments offered by Republican members of the committee were adopted during the…

I ask unanimous consent that Calendar No. 120, H.R. 1628, be referred to the Committee on Finance for the purpose of conducting a public hearing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. McCONNELL. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

we Democrats are here on the floor to take a stand against a bill that is a disaster for our Nation's healthcare-- Medicaid patients, families with loved ones in nursing homes, people who struggle with opioid addiction, women who rely on…

We can't close that divide without USF, which is why the FCC has done a lot of work since 2011 to update USF and refocus it on deploying broadband.

But today it's not enough to have access to voice services; access to broadband is a necessity for people to be able to participate in society.

This is unacceptable.

Telehealth can provide innovative means of making healthcare more flexible and patient-centric.

Do you think that that 13-person group would benefit from the perspective of a woman?

As you know, there is a 13-person group of men, not the HELP Committee, not the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, not the leadership, just 13 men literally meeting in secret talking about what to do with around one-sixth of the…

I worry about fits and starts and what kind of signaling that sends about our resolve, as China continues to violate and challenge international law.