Jack Bergman

All of us are on this committee because of the fact we want to do the right thing for the veterans and enable their right to choose, their freedom to choose.

I am looking forward to working with the committee to advance Gerald's Law and ensure that this injustice is permanently corrected.

This injustice is unacceptable. No veteran or their family should have to worry about losing VA benefits for their family when choosing to spend their last days in the comfort of their loved ones in their own home.

Welcome home, brothers and sisters.

Congress has an obligation to protect tribal sovereignty and promote tribal self-determination.

The point is, a moment lost is lost forever.

The ruling today on Roe v. Wade properly returns power to the states and ends decades of bad precedent.

If your service men and women and your families are not ready, we are not ready as a country.

I thank the gentleman, and I accept that for all the veterans who served, especially the marines. Now, it is my honor to yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rouzer), my friend and colleague.

I am proud to yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce), my friend.

I thank Mr. Bost for his comments, and I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin), my friend and colleague and fellow Air Force veteran.

The amendment before us, as it has been presented, is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist, as stated. There is ample research already being conducted featuring the use of schedule I drugs to treat mental illness and addiction. The…

We will take an attitude of holding everyone accountable, including ourselves.

There are no good casualty officer calls. In my time in command, we did too many of them.

You know, as I watch the TV screen and knowing that, let's say, other countries are watching us, not all of whom are our friends, and they look at us having the discussion, and they are putting their chess pieces in their development, it…

Those who perpetrate these crimes must be held accountable and appropriately punished for their actions; we cannot tolerate anything less.

They should never--and I repeat, never--have to face physical and mental trauma resulting from sexual assault or harassment.

MST is a serious and immediate issue facing both women and men in uniform.

This bill was signed into law by President Trump on August 16th, 2017, and is one of the best illustrations of the work that Congress can get done when we work together in a bipartisan manner.

I wish--unfortunately, as you know, our schedules are extremely busy around here and I know our members had to go on to something else, I hope equally as important.

When you are a commander coming into a unit that is already established, good or bad, you inherit what you inherit.

This OIG report leaves no doubt that OAWP misinterpreted its statutory mandate, conducted unsound and biased investigations on multiple occasions.

Accountability at all levels of the Department of Veterans Affairs is one of my, and I know the entire staff's, highest priorities.

Whistleblowers are an important source of information and they can not be ignored.

I intend to work with all of you and all our other witnesses to leverage your experience.