Tim Walz

I am humbled and appreciative of the work this Committee has done, but I am also very cognizant we have failed in areas.

If he not met so many obstacles, would my son be alive today?

I want you to guarantee me the IG will immediately have access to that Office of Accountability Whistleblower Protection database and any other information it needs to audit that program today.

I know no one intends to fail, but I have seen it.

This is a good piece of legislation. I am grateful for the gentleman bringing it up. I encourage its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman's commitment to this issue. I appreciate the work that has been spent to continue to evolve to get this right, because I do think there is, obviously, no disagreement in the scourge and the horrific crimes committed…

And I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I would like to note, on this, there are other issues at hand here. There are certainly some of these cases where people are just blatantly misusing them. That is a small percentage. The vast…

Again, I too, would like to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Representative Smucker, and Representative Emmer for their tireless work for care of veterans not just in Minnesota, but across the country. I also thank the gentleman from…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for his great work on this. I encourage its passage. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I would certainly encourage my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this important piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

This is a good piece of legislation. I thank the gentleman for bringing it up. The taxpayers understand that this is exactly what we are supposed to be doing. I encourage a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Again, I want to thank the gentleman from Ohio and the gentlewoman from California for addressing this. It is a smart move to do this, continuing to keep our focus. While our numbers are improving in areas, we know this is a zero-sum…

May I inquire of the gentleman whether he has any further speakers.

This is a good piece of legislation, I support its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I, too, rise in support of designating the VA medical center in Huntington, West Virginia, the Hershel ``Woody'' Williams VA Medical Center. You are going to hear more detail from the gentleman from West Virginia, but it is once again…

I thank my friend from Massachusetts and my friend from Georgia. We are going to see some camaraderie down here. I agree with the gentleman on this. And I thank Mr. Lamb for pointing out clearly what needs to be done to this bill. Mr…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for bringing inspiration to everybody in this body and across the country. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), the vice ranking member of the House Committee on…

Could I inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Tennessee has 10\1/4\ minutes remaining.

What we need to know, and what this Act does, is very simple. It simply clarifies that the VA has the capacity and the authority to do research into medicinal cannabis.

The VA has always been, since the early 1920s, this Nation's premier research institution.

I think maybe this all comes together on what is possible, and Mr. Fortenberry was at the heart and the nexus of a very new way of delivering veterans care.

This place needs you. It needs the type of person that you are.

You have served veterans well. You have always been there in a bipartisan way.

It is critical that our understanding from the budget agreement be upheld.

Our job is to provide quality care that was promised and must be delivered to our veterans.