Annie Kuster

What is your plan to ensure the case management system is supported with necessary IT capability and when can we expect to see an IT system in place to support the CVE's verification program?

I am also worried that VA lacks an IT system to adequately support case management for its verification program.

Well, let me ask you this. Where do we go from here and is there any value to the taxpayer of that $800,000? Has anything been salvageable?

I just wish we could do it more efficiently and more effectively.

I appreciate this opportunity to update the VA's verification processes for certifying veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.

That seems to me, Mr. Chair, something we could fix.

If this is not what happened, then I believe a public hearing is an ideal place for them to tell us what did happen.

VA exists for veterans, not for itself or the unjust enrichment of its senior employees.

Today I rise to discuss new bipartisan steps my House New Hampshire colleague, Frank Guinta, and I are taking to combat the heroin epidemic seizing New Hampshire and many other States across this country. Last year in New Hampshire alone…

And the point would be that I would say, around financial information, I don't care what size your farm is you need a profit and loss statement.

I am from New Hampshire, it is a much smaller state, with much smaller farms.

We have a strong agriculture economy, and I am very excited to report that we are actually growing, a five percent increase, in new farms.

historically, we didn't call it data, we called it experience, and it was passed down from generation to generation.

What, in practical terms, does interoperability mean to DOD, VA, and private providers?

Both agencies have been working for almost 20 years to achieve true interoperability for their health records.

Today I rise to recognize the importance of the forest products industry as we celebrate National Forest Products Week. In my home State of New Hampshire, we have a rich tradition of supporting working forests and recognizing the ways in…

I remember I was shocked to hear that that had not been going on.

I was surprised to learn actually in mental health, very, very effective.

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 moves to recommit the bill H.R. 348 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to…

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. Mr. Speaker, we can all agree on the need to ensure that…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the passage of the bill, if ordered. The…

Do you have a concern about the level of funding, given this fragmentation, and what we need to try to accomplish to make this work better at an international level?

we are more transparent, more resilient, and we have minimized systemic risk caused by speculative derivative activity, but I also understand that we have further to go.

I have a concern, based upon a decision that was made by the majority in the Congress, about the CFTC re-authorization that recently passed.

I want to understand exactly what is in this umbrella of community care and how we expect to meet this need and pay for this need going forward.