Are you aware of the number of inpatient beds there are in the VA system for inpatient treatment of military sexual trauma?

I want to thank you all for joining us this afternoon. I truly appreciate it.

I would appreciate follow-up to the Committee. Thank you.

I hope that, as I said earlier, that the testimony of the first panel affects you all in your zeal to make things better.

I am just concerned that there is a political part to the fast-tracking of favorite projects by someone in the Department versus another issue.

But, I mean, amongst all the mining countries, we are apparently very slow in our process.

Today I rise in support of H.R. 2642, the farm bill. Like many of my colleagues in this body, I am honored to represent a district with a deep agricultural heritage. Because I am a doctor by trade, not a farmer, it has been important for…

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I think the VA contends that they have a peer review process for determining how to fund research.

I realize that amount seems very small considering the number of veterans that are coming home with the problem.

I thank the gentleman from Florida, and I rise today in support of H.R. 1171, the FOR VETS Act of 2013. This bipartisan legislation will allow veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus property. In December, 2010, President…

I think you explained that we need a little more research in this department.

I am eager to discuss each of these proposals in-depth to ensure a thorough understanding of their purpose, intended benefits, and unintended consequences.

This is a common-sense veteran-centric bill that will free many veterans from financial turmoil.

I would like to thank the chairman for the opportunity to speak on this amendment and to bring this issue to the floor. As many of my constituents and colleagues know, I'm a doctor, not a farmer. So what they taught me in medical school…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: SEC. 12317. SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's comments, and I am certainly willing to work with you in the future on this issue, but we are just concerned that we are not going to make food any safer, and it is not going to help the jobs and the cost of…

I would like to thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for allowing me to be here as well. I rise today in support of the rule for H.R. 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and to urge my colleagues to support this…

We have more than simply a technical ability. We deal with these issues.

We need to have that better defined and I am trying to fix that.

I cannot imagine how we could get people to do what they are supposed to do at the VA.

care delayed is care denied.

I feel a little bit distraught when you say it is simply a technical----

I hate when you come up here and you say to me there is no one who is responsible.

I appreciate your comment and the fact that sometimes there is not anyone responsible.