Charles Boustany: “We have a moral imperative to look at the facts, and to really start to make, you know, heads or tails--to make sense…”

This is an absolutely essential amendment because we need more transparency about methods and how these assumptions are built into what they are proposing. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).

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

AMR supports and urges the Committee to consider H.R. 4689, 'The Timely Payment for Veterans' Emergency Care Act' sponsored by Congressman Boustany.

We are seeing the costs going up. And of course what the President is proposing is higher taxpayer liability.