Tim Walz

I again urge Members to support this smart piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1530

May I inquire how much time I have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Tenney). The gentleman from Minnesota has 9 minutes remaining.

I have no further speakers. I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, to be clear, we are very aligned on the goals here. I am not implying that wait times went down if we didn't have Choice. I was…

Once again, you heard from members of the committee, and Members of this House about an important piece of legislation. This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to meet with my hometown Guard unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 135th Infantry…

In their letter from June 28, they wrote: ``Specifically, we call on you to reach an agreement on an emergency appropriation and authorization bill that would address urgent resource shortfalls endangering VA's medical care…

May I inquire how much time I have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota has 8 minutes remaining.

Again, this is a smart piece of legislation. I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his work on this. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. 1058, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I was in the Lutheran hymnal and not the Baptist. I apologize to the gentlewoman, and the next time I ask my 10-year-old to not be on his phone, I will be duly chastised. Mr. Speaker, I do rise in support of H.R. 1690…

I would just like to respond to the chairman. I, too, have not made the argument on privatization. I do not believe that is the goal here. I do not believe that is what we talked about. If there are those that have that, that is not the…

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.

lifting that 15-year gap, understanding the reality of what modern warriors look like.

legislating is never supposed to be easy.

honoring those Purple Heart recipients, just again smart.

we need to conduct ourselves in a manner that is befitting of the sacrifice of those who serve in uniform.

thank you for your active engagement in veteran's issues.

I think it has become obvious in the short time of this new Congress that this Committee is committed to tackling the big issues.

It is going to transcend politics. If it is not done now, we can no longer kick this can down the road.

I hope we, along with VA, are able to thoroughly consider pragmatic and timely solutions to the many costly issues impacting VA's ability to manage its care.

I would like to associate myself with the chairman's remarks, especially the thanks of all the people involved in this. I think, Mr. Speaker, this is the third time we have come to this body this Congress, as the chairman and the ranking…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). The gentleman from Minnesota has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Tennessee has 14 minutes remaining.

I have no further speakers, and I am certainly willing to yield some of my time to the gentleman from Tennessee if there are other speakers who would like to speak on this if the gentleman's time runs short. If I could save myself 3…

veterans are not victims. I heard each of you say that, we are not victims, nor are we damaged.

Our neighborhoods, we are not going to tear down and rebuild our neighborhoods in more communal ways, but our largest community is the Nation and that we can do something about.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for your leadership in this.

if a veteran tells me it works for him, then let's use it.