Tim Walz

Tackling our national debt will require us to make some tough choices.

VVA strongly favors enactment of H.R. 3670, to require the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to abide by the 'Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act'(USERA).

I concur with my colleague from Iowa. Contrary to popular belief, we share a lot of commonality from Minnesota and Iowa.

We need a highway bill and to have a highway bill we need a budget capable of accommodating one.

And I assure you your father will get the best care anywhere as he deserves.

Our communities need us to set our priorities straight.

I appreciate the preparation that is put into this and it helps us understand and serve our constituents much better.

The VA suffers under the perception of being a very isolated institution, and it has a stigma.

Last week this House did something that should be common but is getting rarer and rarer. We passed a bipartisan piece of legislation with a vote of 417 2. That was the STOCK Act, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge bill, making…

I think all of us know it will end up being better care for our veterans, and the plus side is it will save us money.

It is unsustainable too.

I think you guys can do it better. And again, I would make the argument if we do it on the front end and we plan accordingly, I think we will save money as well as integrating.

Our job is to deliver the best care that can be possibly be given to our veterans.

We cannot forsake our veterans. We must make those hard choices and I think this budget is doing that.

So this is where democracy works its best and works its will, and it is very important that we have this.

Tim Walz, Minnesota.

I thank the gentleman from Michigan. I'd also like to thank the chairman for his support of this bill and eloquent response on it. It's been a long 6-year journey to pass this reform. It has taken hard work and a bipartisan effort. The…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. As the American people watch us here, the previous gentleman from Florida was right in that the frustration levels are as high as they've been with this sacred institution, with this idea…

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, the gentlelady from New York has a long history of service and was concerned about ethics before ethics were in vogue, and certainly before ``60 Minutes'' came on. All of us here enjoying in this…

I would like to say that the goals of this legislation that the gentleman and his supporters have put before us are noble. The supporters have stressed it is to improve accuracy in how we account for loan programs. That's, indeed, a…

In its current form, I am, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Walz of Minnesota moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3581 to the Committee on the Budget with…

I have a motion at the desk, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote…

I have an amendment, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 14, insert ``interest rates,'' after ``employment,''. Page 3, line 7, insert ``interest rates,''…

I thank the gentleman for having that opportunity and for allowing this to go forward. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Walz). The amendment was…