Tim Walz

I strongly urge the Subcommittee Members to support H.R. 975, the Servicemember Mental Health Review Act, offered by representative Tim Walz.

the lack of transparency here makes it harder for you to do your job of caring for veterans.

Advanced appropriations was a cause of mine for many years. I am proud of the work that we did on it.

I thank the ranking member. I come from a proud agricultural family, I proudly represent a strong agricultural district in the heartland in southern Minnesota, I'm a proud ranking member on the subcommittee in the House Agriculture…

I hope that is not the case.

As a veteran and a citizen, thank you all for what you do.

It doesn't appear to be happening in southern Minnesota.

Let's maximize our resources. Let's have a force-multiplier and use this medical evidence.

I represent a small city of about 110,000 people in southern Minnesota.

There has been a concerted effort of local, State, private partners to build intercity rail.

I do not often get to quote President Reagan, trust but verify. We will see this one.

And, unfortunately, the people that are going to pay the ultimate price here are the veterans of this country which to me is a great injustice.

I went out and built a coalition amongst democrats and republicans. It is supported by most major veteran service organizations.

I do not understand how someone, I do not know, sitting in office, I do not know where it is at can trump the will of 650,000 southern Minnesotans, thousands of veterans, veteran service organizations, the Chairman, the Ranking Member.

It did not have a score. Not only did it not have a score, someone made the interpretation, someone who is not elected.

Dairy farming is risky business. You've heard that from them themselves. These are the folks that are up at 4 a.m., rain, shine, snow or sleet--doesn't matter--7 days a week, 365 days a year milking cows, and then they do it again 12 hours…

I, too, want to thank the chairman and the ranking member, who not only have worked unwaveringly to craft a great piece of legislation, but collaborating, shepherding this thing through, saving taxpayer money, supporting jobs, streamlining…

I rise once again to thank the chairman. I thank him for understanding this. As I say again very clearly, this was not the chairman's decision. He was gracious enough to bring this down, and I appreciate his support-- the same to the…

I have an amendment at the desk, Madam Chair. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 5__. COMPTROLLER…

Sergeant Chuck Luther joined the Army after the 9/11 attacks. He served in Iraq until a mortar round hit near him, knocking him unconscious. What followed were classic symptoms of traumatic brain injury--blurred vision, chronic pain, and…

My bill would get benefits into the hands of veterans more quickly in three ways.

I thank the ranking member for the time. I also thank him for his longtime commitment to American energy independence. I, too, share that. I have been the supporter of a bipartisan energy bill that brought environmental groups and The…

I would like to thank Chairman Runyan and the group of bi-partisan Members of Congress who introduced this bill with me.

It is about duty, honor, country, and respect.

This is smart stuff.