legislating is never supposed to be easy.

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 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.

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

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

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, you heard it from a wide range of folks here on the floor. This is the way Congress is supposed to work and this is what is expected of us. This is what my constituents…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Peters), a friend of all of our veterans and a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee.

Mr. Speaker, 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.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), my good friend and the vice ranking member of the full Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Mr. Speaker, 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…