Annie Kuster

I introduced H.R. 907, the Newborn Care Improvement Act, to ensure that newborns are better able to receive the care they need.

I introduced H.R. 1162, the No Hero Left Untreated Act, earlier this year.

We very much appreciate that program in New Hampshire.

Maternity care is often among the needs of our female veterans, and I believe the Newborn Care Improvement Act is one important way to help.

Many of our female veterans have served us at great risk and great personal cost, and these heroes deserve the highest standard of care we can offer.

This Congress the bill provides an important improvement to the length of neonatal care that newborns can receive.

All due respect to my colleague from Wyoming, it is not liberty for a woman to be forced to go to work within weeks of having a child. That is what this bill would do. Mr. Speaker, it is not liberty for people over 50 years old to be…

Can you show that return-on-investment? Do you have that kind of analysis of the programs?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 20, insert ``or section 733(c) of this title'' after ``title 5''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

I have learned one thing in 4 years: quit while I am ahead. Mr. Chairman, I have nothing further to add, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Today I speak on behalf of my amendment, Kuster amendment No. 4. I firmly believe that my amendment will improve accountability at the Veterans Administration. One of my concerns with the bill before us is that it will inadvertently hurt…

I have no further comment other than to thank Dr. Roe for his support. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 10. ACCOUNTABILITY OF SUPERVISORS AT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 153, ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 154, ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 155, ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 156, and ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 157. The SPEAKER pro…

On Friday, March 10, 2017, I missed the following rollcall votes to H.R. 720: number 153 the Soto Amendment, number 154 the Jackson-Lee amendment, number 155 the Conyers amendment, number 156 the Jeffries amendment, number 157 on the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was 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. This will be a…

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire moves to recommit the bill H.R. 725 to the Committee on the Judiciary with…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Today, our country is in an era where appropriate ethics and…

I don't want to see the VA medical centers closed. I don't know where this VA Choice card will take us. My concern is that the bonding of brother and sisterhood will be lost. They won't have the symbols, the flags, the stories, the jokes…

I think you have our bipartisan support about providing the access, but it was just a reminder on making sure we keep that veteran-centered focus that we all have.

the President has just submitted his budget with a dramatic 21 percent decrease for 2017 annualized continuing resolution for the Department of Agriculture

For most of the producers, the startup costs of acquiring the land, the machinery, the animals can reach, in our world, over $1 million.

the funding in the Forest Service was redirected to fire suppression activities

I would love to work with you to encourage that diet.

Well, we certainly appreciate your advice, going forward, and we will all try to abide by, first, do no harm, as we move forward with the farm bill.