Jackie Walorski

I am grateful for the work that you all do and for the heart that you have.

I would rather see the finances driven to the frontline than held up in a bureaucracy.

The VA Inspector General came out last week with a report from the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans which identified over 40,000 missed opportunities.

I just think it is a huge impediment, Mr. Chairman, that--because we all want homelessness ended by 2015, right?

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Florida, the chairman. Mr. Speaker, every day, 22 veterans take their own lives. Many of us in this Chamber have experienced this in our own districts. This has been a tragedy in my district as…

I appreciate the question from my friend from Colorado. I think that as we have served together in many of the committees, especially the Armed Services Committee, and we have looked at the map of that area, knowing that if the door is…

With a comprehensive nuclear agreement deadline less than a week away, the need to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon has never been greater. With its thousands of gas centrifuges, Iran now has the capability to enrich uranium to a…

True. And let's not forget, given the culture right now in the Middle East and given what we are looking at right now with all of the other instability, with ISIL, with questions from this administration, with a strength-through-peace…

I would like to encourage my colleagues to support my bill, H.R. 4370, that we have talked about in here before.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5404. This legislation will continue to protect millions of American veterans who swore to protect and defend this great Nation, including the 54,000 in my…

I would like to say to Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Michaud, on behalf of the 54,000 veterans in my district and the 20 million around the country, thank you. And to every conferee that has served on this conference committee, thank…

I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as with past conflicts in the Middle East, much of the media focus in this current conflict between Israel and Hamas has been on the death tolls on both sides, but what this…

Are we getting ourselves to a point or are we at the point of no return when it comes to potentially limited airstrikes?

I will never forget the gentleman in charge of IT was sitting where that blank microphone is right now. And your IT, according to the hearings that we have had, has been a disaster.

I guess the question I want to ask you, but I am almost mortified to hear your answer is, when will we know the status of our states?

How can the American people trust you for more money, even a billion?

Our State is passionate and they are freedom fighters. We love the military.

The information he gave us then wasn't true, correct?

Every one of you have said the story is about the individual veteran.

I think I can safely say that we are committed to bringing right to all of this wrong.

My amendment would provide a $500,000 increase for the Army Corps of Engineers Continuing Authorities Program, or CAP, and would pay for the increase with a small $500,000 cut from the Department of Energy's departmental administration…

I cannot even imagine, I cannot pretend to imagine how tough it is to sit here and relive this.

I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member. I appreciate the work that has gone into this bill, and I appreciate your willingness to accept my amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $500,000)''. Page 26, line 24, after the dollar amount…

May I inquire as to the balance of my time? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Indiana has 30 seconds remaining.