Jackie Walorski

I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this important bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The American economy has succeeded in spite of our Tax Code. It hasn't helped it.

So in initiatives like the Excel Center in my district, Year Up that you are involved in, they are locally driven.

I think it is easy at the Federal Government level to say that government always has the answers.

I think it is so important for young people in this country to be able to talk about the fact that they can point to people who did this.

You just proved it. And what young person doesn't want to work at Microsoft?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to all of you that are here today.

I am excited for our fellow Americans and for young people to know that there is hope and to keep moving.

It is so important, because every day I walked in I knew the staff knew my story, knew my situation.

But we had 17 hearings listening to people all over the country talk about the bridge out of poverty.

It is troubling to me that the IRS initially selected to undertake a unique blend--a unique build in the first place.

I share your interest in eliminating tax fraud and identity theft, and have been following a couple of different programs.

We need to let the VA know that we will never give up in holding their feet to the fire.

We are doing it, using each other in collaboration.

It still takes people on the front lines to coordinate.

It just becomes so important, in my mind, to do the kinds of things you are talking about, which is connecting people to this equation.

I am absolutely passionate about this issue.

President Obama promised over and over again, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan. And despite these repeated pledges, we know now that these statements were…

While we know that a job is the surest way to get out of poverty, it can be difficult for individuals to find a job that matches their skills.

This is absolutely not an amendment to get rid of the NSC. This just simply brings accountability and transparency into a very important agency, into a White House that has taken this to no longer just an advisory agency role on behalf of…

I thank the gentleman from Montana. I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the chairman for his strong support. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Zinke), my friend and colleague on the Armed Services Committee.

The manipulation of appointment schedules and data in Phoenix led to at least 40 veterans dying while they were waiting for care.

The VA Scheduling Accountability Act would simply require each facility's director to annually certify compliance with a scheduling directive.

I introduced legislation this week, the VA Scheduling Accountability Act, that gets at one of the key drivers of the wait-time manipulation.