This Committee sent a letter to the US Attorney General asking that O'Rourke be investigated for alleged perjury.

Simply put, Mr. Chairman and members, a robust 2020 Census is good for business, good for the City of Minneapolis, and good for our national economy.

We have been able to get out of the simplistic arguments of privatization versus non-privatization and get to the delivery of services for veterans in the most efficient, cost-effective way.

These are not easy. Everybody says, well, it is easy in the VA Committee, everybody agrees on that.

I am humbled and appreciative of the work this Committee has done, but I am also very cognizant we have failed in areas.

We can't see veterans as a whole, certainly veterans' mental health or health care in a vacuum.

If he not met so many obstacles, would my son be alive today?

We can never stop talking about it in trying to find out which areas are working and leave the egos at the door.

Veteran suicide has been elevated to the top priority of this Committee for years, both by Democrats and Republicans; there is no space between us in saving the lives of heroes.

Secretary Wilkie implying in his testimony yesterday before the Senate that our constitutional right to oversight is a burden on his ability to implement the VA MISSION Act signals a very dangerous misunderstanding of the role of Congress…

The tragic epidemic of veteran suicide is one of the most serious challenges facing our country.