This lack of adequate infrastructure is exacerbated by the inherent complications of transitional care from DoD to VA where most victims will receive treatment for the remainder of their lives.

Urotrauma accounts for wounds to the kidneys, reproductive organs, and urinary tract organs. These injuries are some of the most common and debilitating suffered by our veterans from IED detonations and have long-lasting physical and psychological impacts.

no veteran should be denied needed medical care.

I come before you today as both a Member of Congress and a former army officer to thank you for your past support of this issue and continued work that we need to move forward.

Put simply, we are not learning from experience and if we are, we are learning too slowly.

I urge this Committee to continue the work it has already done to further our care for these wounded warriors.

I know that this bill would unite public and private resources to address the growing problem in urotrauma.

I think it is our job as Members of Congress as people have brought this issue to us, is that to make sure these are implemented and have oversight of the implementation of the task force because it will go as far as we reflect.

This bill would unite public and private resources to address the growing problem that is urotrauma.

I believe even Jerry Brown, the Governor of California in his state of the budget, so it is not a Republican sitting here trying to say this is an issue.

The President when he was pushing the health care law said it would reduce premiums on a family of four by $2,500, and we have now seen it has increased by 3,000 per year.