H.R.1443: Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2013; introduced by Congressman Michael Michaud (ME-2): would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: 1) recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by…

Ensuring the Department of Veterans Affairs has the proper infrastructure and facilities to provide safe, effective, quality health care to veterans is a priority of mine and of this Committee.

If a resolution cannot be agreed upon, what contingency plan has the Department of Veterans Administration looked at to ensure that Veterans' health care is not adversely impacted by the change in the scoring policy of the leases?

Ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs has the proper infrastructure and facilities to provide safe, effective, quality health care to our veterans is a priority of mine.

I believe that working with OMB, working with Congress that we will find a solution.

Expending our hard-working taxpayers' dollars on authorizing costly capital investment projects should never be a matter of routine.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I am hopeful that VA can hold the line and continue that downward slope in these numbers.

While the VA continues to process more claims than at any other time in its history, demand continues to outpace production.

the Secretary's goal of having no veteran wait for longer than 125 days with an accuracy rate of 98 percent by 2015 seems to be unlikely.

In reference to our Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations hearing entitled, 'VA Construction Policy: Failed Plans Result in Plans That Fail,' that took place on May 7, 2013, I would appreciate it if you could answer the enclosed…