Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of high-quality, accessible treatment options for survivors of military sexual trauma. I want to thank the gentleman. His concern is exactly in the right place. It is focusing our attention on this issue. There are some things in the bill, though, that I would like to point out, and these concerns have been shared by some of the veterans service organizations. I do this in the spirit of the gentleman is exactly right on what needs to be done. This is about a process of trying to improve upon a piece of language. The VA was unable to submit views on this bill because of timing on how it was brought up. For this reason, I would like to read just a few quotes from a statement the VA submitted on this bill to reflect the concerns shared by our staff and the VSO community. These are VA quotes: ``Aspects of the bill could jeopardize patient safety and well-being and create the ethically problematic situation of VA condoning and supporting a substandard level of care for program participants.'' ``It is possible some veterans would even choose to leave VA care entirely to avoid the study.'' While I certainly appreciate the effort, I am of the belief that this study could misallocate VA's limited resources to define a problem to which the RAND Corporation and the National Academy of Sciences have already offered potential solutions.…”