Charles Boustany: “I think this is an important option for local leaders.”

I believe it is of vital importance to seek solutions to the problem of delayed payments for veterans' medical care.

I have no other Members wishing to speak on the bill, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

The trend lines in all these areas are very disturbing, in my mind, as a physician who has been around health care for quite a long time.

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 3, line 13, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon. Page 3, line 15, strike the period at the end and…