Tim Walz

I want to be very clear, and I have to say Mr. Schoenhard, Mr. Johnson might have given you some good advice to listen to the wing commander.

I thank the ranking member for yielding me this time, as well as being a staunch supporter of this and, of course, other legislation to secure the rights and benefits for our veterans. I would also like to thank the gentleman from New…

this is a zero sum proposition we are at and I certainly take no pleasure, and I can assure all of you that it is not through collaboration that this hearing is taking a pretty direct turn in a very frustrating and quite honestly a very…

H.R. 1025 (Rep. Walz, D-MN) passed the House on 11 October 2011 and has been referred to the Senate.

Thanks to both of you. I know you are busy folks, but if we can find a reason to bring you up here, I always feel better when you are here.

I want to thank you both for your passion on this for bringing this hearing together.

I am truly impressed with my colleagues asking, and the answers you gave, about measuring effectiveness with symmetrics.

I can't help but leave much more optimistic, much more encouraged to where things are at.

My only regret today is that our fellow Americans couldn't see how this was done.

I think it has been hit on, the multiple returns not just to the warriors who earned every bit of our support.

I urge the support of this important piece of legislation. Again, I thank the gentleman from Ohio and the staff on both sides for putting together an important piece of legislation for America's veterans. As I have no further requests for…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to thank the gentleman for his hard work on this bill as well as the chairman and the ranking member. I would also like to thank the gentleman for his service to this Nation in…

In this Chamber, there is a lot of back and forth about who creates jobs and who doesn't. Some have suggested it's not government, only business, or vice versa. It's both. How about the construction worker who built a Federal highway so…

This piece of legislation is aimed at closing the gaps in current law that have an effect of denying some veterans with severe TBI from achieving optimum outcomes.

Command Sergeant Major Walz understands the necessity for a broadly integrated and individualized psychosocial mental health and physical treatment plan.

Traumatic brain injuries are among the most complex injuries our personnel have sustained.

I am pleased to sponsor this legislation with our Chairman, Jeff Miller, and with Ranking Members Bob Filner and Mike Michaud as co-sponsors.

I believe that by caring for our Nation's veterans suffering from the hidden wounds of PTSD while at the same time providing assistance dogs to those with physical disabilities we create a win-win for everyone.

I want to thank Chairwoman Buerkle, Ranking Member Michaud, and Members of the Subcommittee for giving me the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss my bill, H.R. 1855, the Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services…

You are absolutely right. That was the piece of legislation, the qualifying language on quality of life.

It is a deep privilege to be a Member of a Committee devoted to serving those who have served our country.

AMVETS applauds Congressmen Walz and Bilirakis for their initiative, through the introduction of H.R. 1855.

Clearly, this legislation has brought together a number of unlikely allies in support of our Nation's veterans.

You are truly the voice of a grateful Nation to provide the care and benefits that our warriors so bravely earned.

But for it to be found in what should be an environment of caring for our honored veterans is simply intolerable and unacceptable.