Andy Barr

to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma

We would like to thank Representative Andy Barr (R-KY) for his leadership in introducing this legislation.

I would like to thank Chairman Roe and Ranking Member Walz for allowing me the opportunity to speak before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.

I introduced an amendment on the House floor last month to stop overreach by your department.

We want to help you with that, because organizations like St. James Place are using the HUD-VASH program to great success.

Thank you for your service, not just as a public servant, as secretary of the department, but also as a physician in private life, and for helping so many children, and most of all, for the example that you have set that hard work…

May I ask how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 14 minutes remaining. The time of the gentleman from Texas has expired.

I thank Congressman Jenkins for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague from West Virginia in introducing this amendment, which seeks to increase funding to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program…

I thank the chairman's leadership on this, and, with all due respect to my friends on the other side of the aisle, this amendment is not about protecting consumers. This amendment is about protecting bureaucrats from accountability from…

Just to conclude, this is not about raising costs for people. This is about actually making it more affordable to own a home. There may be, in some cases, a higher interest rate for a manufactured home than a site-built home. But…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for 5 minutes.

My constituents in the South Puget Sound, who include the servicemembers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, are counting on us to respond to this crisis in a responsible manner.

We cannot afford to fail them. We have to get this right.

Foreign banks can either do business that benefits North Korea or they can do business with the United States. They cannot do both.

It is time to take the power out of Washington and demand a reasonable financial regulatory structure.

I think a strong argument can be made that the Fed's aggressive implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, that their zealous supervisory activities, their overregulation arguably, that that has, in fact, diminished economic growth.

What I have heard from all of the witnesses is a general agreement that Fed independence, a Fed free from politicization is a goal that we share.

As many of you know, manufactured homes are the only form of nonsubsidized housing that is directly regulated by HUD. Statute dictates that HUD is required to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes to increase…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I appreciate the gentleman's arguments in opposition. However, I would argue that the best consumer protection is competition and choice, and what these misguided regulations do is take away access, take away competition, take away choices…

Make no mistake: the anti-arbitration rule recently finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not consumer protection. It is a giveaway to special interest trial lawyers that will expose financial firms to ruinous liability…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add, at the end of the bill, the following (and amend the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 11. AFFIRMATIVE…

In brief response to my friend from Tennessee, the safe harbor legislation would not supplant the standard of care, but it would allow for evidence-based medicine to improve healthcare quality. Those standards would be developed by local…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I thank the gentleman for those comments. Mr. Chairman, the clinical practice guideline safe harbor policies have been supported by the American for Tax Reform, American College of Radiology, Healthcare Leadership Council, American Academy…