Charles Boustany: “This hearing is a continuation of the Subcommittee's oversight of the IRS and the alarming rates of tax noncompliance.”

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.

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…