How much faith can we have in the claim of acquisition savings?

It is vital that we set VA prosthetic care on a course that matches the courage and bravery of the men and women who serve our Nation in uniform.

My question is, the veteran themselves, have you done an evaluation? Is the customer, the veteran satisfied with the service and, if not, why not?

I hope the VA can help us understand today what accountability we should expect.

There is little accountability in management and, once again, procurement and procedures and policies were not in place.

I am committed to working with all of you to ensure that our wounded veterans... are able to go about their lives more comfortably.

Our responsibility is to maximize a quality of life for these veterans...

the bottom line for me is to make sure that the veterans get the adequate prosthetics that they need.

Whether it is going to a private prosthetist or to the VA or wherever they may go, they need to get the best care wherever it is.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 5, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $38,000,000)''. Page 7, line 11, after the dollar amount…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maine will be postponed. {time} 1550 Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Pompeo

Unequivocally committed to providing veterans the best possible care, the VHA would act rapidly on all findings that may improve veterans' access to mental health care.

I believe this is critical not only because we owe it to the American taxpayers, but also because we owe it to the many GSA employees that work hard, follow the rules and deserve to be proud of the agency for which they work.

The American public deserves to have money paid back. And where crimes have been committed, people will go to jail.

Families and small businesses throughout Maine should not have to pay for employees of GSA to take lavish vacations.

I think that we all can agree on that there is no place for this type of an abuse of taxpayers' funds.

I look forward to working in partnership with this committee to ensure that there is full accountability for these activities so that we can begin to restore the trust of the American people.

We need to ensure we get back to basics and conduct this work better than ever.

This goes down from the interns to those at the top, and it is a culture that we are going to get to the bottom of.

We have to investigate these frauds and abuses and waste.

Do you believe this number is accurate given that, to the best of my knowledge, the VA hasn't even defined under the legislation the term of serious illness?

I think a lot of veterans feel that way. I know if the resources are limited, as you all have pointed out, we need to get those resources to the most needy veterans.

This is the right thing to do for our servicemembers and their families, and we offer our full support.

The intent of my bill is to establish a registry at the Department of Veterans Affairs for those individuals who have been exposed to open burn pits during their military service.

If you can't come up with a cost estimate, you should say you can't come up with a cost estimate.