I encourage all Members to support this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the…

This is why people are so frustrated with bureaucracy, because you can not see the common sense of saving and being sensible.

This is funding we have right now which is urgently needed by our veterans across the country, specifically veterans in my rural district that I represent in central and southern Illinois.

While I understand the concerns expressed by the minority, I point out that the program has been a huge success in helping veterans gain meaningful employment. We have been very successful in recent years in reducing veterans'…

On behalf of the OIG, I would like to express our deep gratitude to all who gave their lives in defense of our country.

They advanced a bill that fully funds VA at exactly the level that President Biden requested.

Chairman Bost, when COVID-19 first emerged in 2020, State Veterans Homes were among the first institutions to take significant precautions to protect our residents.

One thing that needs to be very, very clear, the Bergman bill does not have a TEF issue, a toxic exposure fund issue. That is where the concerns are. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1715

I will address veterans homelessness, as I have always said I would. It is very concerning to me. We are currently working on a package to address the issue, but I am not going to pit one group of veterans against another. I would like my…

We need to make sure that the money is being spent wisely.

I have no more speakers. I am ready to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Our job is to make you accountable.

No offense to the sailors, but the last 3 years during COVID we have spent money like drunken sailors.

And yet we continue to have Members of Congress that want to take a shot at it that are directly based on, what I believe, are animal activists that want to put us out of business.

What some of our colleagues do is they tie emotion into messaging, and that is how they fall into that.

And, to put in something that would defund a program that has been so successful is just ridiculous to me.

This bipartisan legislation would grant more than 30,000 federal officers... retirement benefits.

Just last month, I went to the Del Rio sector of the U.S.-Mexican border to visit with our dedicated Border Patrol agents. Over 15,000 frontline Border Patrol agents are veterans serving their country and communities again, working to keep…

We ask the committee to lend its support to this remedy.

If the Committee is looking for commonsense, bipartisan solutions to improve supply chain efficiency, it is abundantly clear passage of Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act must be a priority.

Despite these headwinds, the Administration continues to prioritize its progressive ideology.

If you want to smoke it, I don't care, but the rules are very clear.

This exemption is problematic for truckers because they are often paid by the miles they drive no matter how many hours they work.

This bipartisan proposal would allow 18- to 20-year-old drivers to cross state lines, which makes sense to me since 49 states and the District of Columbia already allow 18- to 20-year-old commercial motor vehicle drivers to drive within…

Truckers want to be safe more than anybody out there, that is their office, it is where they work.