Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman has no further speakers, I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentleman from Long Island--he clearly understands this issue--for his passionate work on this, and we are grateful for…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentleman from Tennessee for his compassionate words on the tragic loss of three dedicated, selfless servants in care of our veterans. I very…

I want to know and praise the dedicated workers and providers who did ensure that no patients were harmed despite incompetent leadership and supply chain failures at the hospital.

I fully support Ranking Member Kuster's call for a hearing or whatever is necessary on the leadership failures in New England, Capital Region, and Desert Pacific Regions.

In order to deliver on promises that we have made to veterans in regard to accessibility and quality of care, we must ensure VA has every resource necessary to the development of this new system.

We need to exercise our oversight authority, which this Subcommittee has proven up to that task.

We continue to exercise one of our most important functions, oversight.

Congress' job is to write the budgets. Congress' job is to find that out with the input from trusted and folks who have to deliver that.

No one disagrees up here, the Chairman's commitment to fixing Blue Water Navy is second to nobody in this country.

My disagreement is we should not be asking one group of wounded warriors to pay for another.

I want to be absolutely clear. What distinguishes this Committee I think from any other, and it has been noted, is our ability to focus together on the issues that matter.