Thom Tillis

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:01 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 9:30 a.m…

I am trying to do everything I can to support you all in efforts that I think are right minded.

Well, thank you, because, again, it just speaks to a capability and training that if it is available, we want it in the hospital setting to make sure the veterans are getting the best possible care.

We have to stabilize the operating environment.

First, the TPP and trade with Europe and Africa is absolutely essential to our future in farming.

90-plus percent of the corn produced in the United States is a product of biotech engineering, is that correct?

If we do not act, can you give me an idea of how this is going to affect your business operations and future prices?

It angers me, but it does not surprise me. This is just another example of why these regulators need to get out.

We know what regulations need to be changed. We know a number of things we have to get focused on and Congress has to act.

Now you talk about EPA regulations. You talk about FDA regulations. You talk about USDA regulations and all the impediments that are making it virtually impossible for farmers to continue to do what they want to do, which is to produce the…

We can talk about trade opportunities, we can talk about a number of other things, but if we do not start lifting this regulatory burden and the additional barriers that we have, trade expansion will be a moot point because our farmers…

MOAA thanks Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) for their effort to improve the Choice Program.

We need to get the VSOs to communicate that to veterans and use us as a facilitator for helping you navigate these challenges.

There are a lot of things that are working well now when we use contemporary models for building facilities.

The benefit of the doubt always has to go to the veterans, particularly with the situation that happened down at Camp Lejeune.

There has never been an attempt to privatize the VA for the reasons that I have said before. It does not make sense.

We want to make sure that we deal with all the competing priorities, funding and otherwise, so that we can get this right, mainly for the sake of the veterans.

One thing I am really counting on you all to help us with is identify good ideas, it is a matter of timing; not so good ideas, it is a matter of evolving maybe the original aims of the bill.

I also want to thank the Committee staff and the staff of all of our offices who we all know do a lot of the work to get these bills moving.

Much of the swamp was there before you all came in to start draining it, but we have got to make sure that we just keep on working on positive messaging and do the best we can for the veterans.

Thank you all for being here. It is good to see you and I want to thank you again for your continued investment and time with my office.

Nearly all pediatricians require newborns to return to the hospital at 2 weeks for a check-up.

Factors like PTSD and combat injuries mean many female vets face high-risk pregnancies and this time of 7 days is simply not enough.

This bill actually has already passed the House back in February without any controversy.

What our bill does is to create a Center of Excellence in the VA to better understand the health effects.