Tim Walz

Currently commanders are authorized to include SFL-TAP percentages in personnel evaluations.

We need to get it in one pot. We can then find out what the needs are and appropriate the money for it.

I am hopeful that you guys can get this together.

Keep us apprised of redlines.

We are grateful for that and I think about those folks who are out there in Koochiching County.

I think getting veterans engaged in this, making sure they are very clear about what this is and where these intersect is absolutely critical.

Every time we say it is not privatization, it is the exercise in don't think of a draft, that is exactly what they are thinking about.

A lot of those failures were complexity.

I asked them in a room of about 100 veterans and family, how many have used Choice, about 30; how many had successful experiences, two.

This is not a partisan issue, it is a veteran issue. And this Committee continues to prove that veterans, not politics, come first.

For those veterans that will be watching and following this closely, they expect nothing less of us; they expect nothing less than bipartisanship aimed at common values and outcomes, and for that I am grateful.

I serve as the Senior Vice President of Government Relations at the American Health Care Association (AHCA).

Not every four-letter word has four letters, and the United States Senate is one of those places.

We must then figure out, using evidence-based decision-making, put together plans.

Being bipartisan doesn't mean agreeing on everything. But it does... having the common goal.

It is not just lip service, that this Committee is proving that there is no place on Capitol Hill... where the true spirit of working together... is actually happening.

We can't move our veterans population around by telling them to move to Joint Base Lewis-McChord because we are closing something else.

I think this is our opportunity to think really big.

We can no longer kick this can down the road, Coach, because time is not on our side in this battle.

Ranking Member Walz and I are working together on this draft of the AIR Act.

I thank the gentleman from Florida for his strong words, for his commitment and service to this country, and I appreciate his support on this piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr…

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close at this time. Mr. Speaker, again, commonsense bill, bipartisan, does the right thing, and, as the gentleman so clearly explained, providing that trust to our veterans is absolutely…

As you heard, I urge my colleagues to support this smart piece of legislation. But I would like to close by adding, also, a thank-you to the chairman and to the majority side, once again showing bipartisanship offering two bills introduced…

It is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster), the author of this piece of legislation, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

I have no further speakers. Again, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2781. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.