Cuba ranks amongst the world's worst credit risk and debtor nations. Thus, I am confident we all agree that American taxpayers must not be exposed to any direct bailout of the Castro regime.

According to Inter-American Law Review, the Castro regime's confiscation of U.S. assets was the largest uncompensated taking of American property by a foreign government in history.

Well, it is as bad as everybody says if you are the person--it is your records that this occurs with.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. McCoy, I am--I don't even know--you said a while ago when speaking to the Chairman and answering his question, that training will now occur.

when I have to go back to my constituents and try to answer for the VA, when either you have got too big in so many areas, and you are just out of control.

Okay. Because you are saying that you look at it one way, and that is the way you come up with your numbers and the VA looks at it another way.

Okay. The concern I have is is in our documents and what we have got, that prior--that the assistant director assumed the previous RMO has provided SDA staff with training, but no one assured--there was no assurance that it had occurred…

I do stand in opposition, reluctant opposition. I have a tremendous respect for the gentleman from Missouri. I understand what he is trying to do, and that is that if the activation of the Birds Point levee does occur, that it should be…

As a marine and the father of a marine, I understand it takes leadership to win a battle. However, at VA medical centers across this country, we have seen a revolving door of temporary directors that has made it difficult to implement the…

But I want to make sure, and I know we have touched on it a little bit, but there were two things that were mentioned.

And that was on a report that was given the by Army Corps of Engineers in regards to the placement and environmental impact study that was given for the placement of the NGA.

the communities feel that way. And as their Representative, that is very difficult to try to explain.

I was a radar repairman, okay. I worked up until the very last day that I separated.

I have reached out to my local congressional colleagues and sent letters to the department regarding the lack of leadership at the St. Louis VAMC.

The lack of stability and permanent leadership is no doubt one of the reasons the Department of Veterans Affairs has been struggling to provide appropriate health care to those it serves.

I introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress, H.R. 2460, which would ensure that 70% or more service connected disabled veterans are able to receive Adult Day Health Care at no cost to the veteran and their family.

Before they pick up that first prescription, the veteran deserves to have all of their options laid out.

We must be very, very careful in consideration of how to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs and ensure access to quality health care our veterans deserve.

Winning any battle requires steadfast and capable leadership. No organization can operate under a revolving door of interim leaders.

Military caregivers are silent heroes in our communities and deserve the respect and benefits proportionate to their significant contributions.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his support of this legislation to update and modernize the agricultural producers' small business size standards. President Eisenhower once said: Farming looks mighty easy if your plow is a…

No organization can operate under a revolving door of interim leadership, and certainly not one that is given the task of caring for our American heroes.

both Title I programs are critically important and crop insurance is critically important, and they serve the same purpose to keep the farmer on the farm

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, World War II was a time when Americans came together to defend this Nation against evil. Entire families enlisted in this effort, which included many brave and dedicated women of the Women Airforce…

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. This is a day that creates a global voice for the rights and inclusion of people with Down syndrome. According to the National Down Syndrome Society, there are more than 400,000 Americans living with Down…