Mike Bost

We owe a solemn date to the men and women who laid down their lives in defense of our country.

I support this bill and appreciate Representative Gonzalez's leadership on this issue.

This bill would permit certain full-time congressional staffers to look up the status of veterans' claims on VA's claim system.

I am grateful to my colleagues for their bipartisan efforts to work towards this goal.

The 2018 Farm Bill expanded the Farm and Rancher Stress Assistance Network program, which is a vital tool to ensure our producers are getting the help they need.

I just wanted to go on the record and express my concerns.

I have got a question for the whole panel, and it is a 2 part question, kind of.

That is because the vendors have the capability to do this under existing rules?

Do you feel like you are ahead of the VetFed problem right now so that you can make sure that it does not develop like the other one did into such a large situation that it causes the veterans to suffer and then the program as a whole to…

Thank you, Chairman Luria, and thank you all for being here today to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs issuing that veterans have access--ensuring that veterans have access to a timely and accurate disability medical exams.

We want the VA to bring their information back as quick as possible when that data is complete.

Are these measures, that information, required in the contract by those--that each individual provider has to be able to get that information back to it?

It is probably much better than a nail salon.

Then the next question, because I think you touched on it a little bit, but how is it that we are able to reach out to our veterans that may be in the rural area, educate them that this is available to them?

I thank the ranking member for yielding. As a marine, it is one of my greatest honors to serve on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. It is vitally important that our government fulfill its promises to our Nation's military members that they…

I believe that it is very clear what the law is, and I think you are doing a fine job.

I think that the previous administration tried to go above and beyond that, and not the rule of law but the rule of administrative rule.

Your job is to do what you brought up earlier while you were trying to explain, and that was it is the rule of law, created by us, not by you.

Now, I said from the start that the concern that I have is that I want clean water for my children and grandchildren.

I think what you do is good. But I think whenever you made the statement what you wanted to do was follow the law that is produced by Congress and implement it correctly with the best science possible, and that is what we want to see.

I don't think there is anybody on this dais or in this Congress that wants to ruin water for our children and our grandchildren.

If we are going to tackle congestion, we need a thoughtful approach that provides State and local communities with the flexibility.

Sitting in traffic means that there is less time to do the things that are most important to each of us.

Congestion negatively impacts our ability to move products to domestic and international markets, which undermines our economy.

This bipartisan legislation, introduced with Representative Josh Harder, will cut down on unnecessary spending at VA medical facilities.