Jackie Walorski

I stand ready to work with veterans' groups and others as we move forward.

When I go to the grocery store at home on Saturday mornings, I talk to Hoosier moms and dads concerned with high prices at the pump and the checkout line. According to reports last month, gas prices in the five Midwestern States ranked in…

This is a common-sense, veteran-centric bill that will free many veterans from financial turmoil, and allow them to make their own decisions about what kind of long-term care they want to receive.

It is most important to keep veteran access to care at the forefront of any potential solution.

We must find a way ahead.

I ask that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman…

Sexual assault in the military is maiming our troops. These aren't my words. They are the words of General Raymond Odierno, the Chief of Staff of the Army. He likened military sexual assault to other serious threats that our troops face…

I have seen how critical the services CBOCs provide for veterans are.

In recognition of the 50th Annual National Small Business Week, I rise today to celebrate the Hoosier small businesses that have been serving our communities for decades. Growing up in South Bend, my parents owned a small appliance repair…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 541, strike line 21 and all that follows through page 542, line 8. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

May I inquire as to the remaining time? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Indiana has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Indiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 46 Offered by Mr. Courtney The Acting CHAIR. It…

Again I would just like to add, as I close, that this is a time--and I agree with the gentleman in one sense. This is a time for us to be talking here about things like jobs and a struggling, sluggish economy. Because of that, the…

With all due respect to the gentleman and his point on all these ``checkoffs,'' this is a tax that the American people themselves resoundingly in 2011 have said, absolutely not. In fact, the American people put so much pressure on…

The VA must not waiver in its obligation to our Nation's veterans.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 405, after line 9, insert the following: SEC. 1040B. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS…

Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, we worked for months on bipartisan legislation to confront this problem. The time for this Congress to act on this issue is right now. I ask you to support the bipartisan solution in this bill, reject the…

In May, the President declared a renewed intention to transfer detainees from Guantanamo ``to the greatest extent possible.'' He also announced he was lifting his self-imposed suspension on the transfers of detainees to Yemen. This, I…

Last week's jobs report was yet another stark reminder that our economy has far from recovered. Nearly 12 million Americans remain out of work, and 4.4 million people have been out of work for 6 months or more; and these are more than just…

While I greatly respect the author of this amendment, I must rise in opposition. This amendment does, in fact, strike section 1251 of the underlying bill that expresses a sense of Congress in regard to Syria. Section 1251 says the…

I'd like to thank Representative Turner for giving me this opportunity to speak in favor of his amendment. He's been a leader on this issue, and I applaud his efforts and commitment to this cause. Currently, there's no minimum punishment…

I want to thank the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee for yielding me time. I also want to thank him for his tremendous leadership, and Mr. Smith, as well, in crafting a bill that brings solutions to combat sexual violence in…

I am concerned that the president's 2014 budget seriously underestimates and underfunds costs in certain areas.

Last night the House Armed Services Committee approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014. Included was a provision I sponsored, along with Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, to extend whistleblower…

The fact that the personal information of many of these veterans may have been compromised is completely unacceptable.