Is your training, I'm sorry to interrupt, but is it strictly online or is there an active component by the employees, are they engaged with a trainer in a live interaction?

I think it is much more effective, that is certainly what we have learned here on Capitol Hill and we have also tried to make changes.

My amendment to the fiscal year 2019 Defense Appropriations bill will fund the first-ever study of a subject the Department of Defense has identified as ``one of the most significant barriers to sexual assaults being reported.'' The…

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 15, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 18, line…

It just seems that with an acting secretary waiting for confirmation... we are not putting our best foot forward on this project and it is a disappointment.

Well, can he get the job done? Should he be replaced and is he being replaced? How are we going to get the job done?

I have requested of Chairman Bergman that we have an oversight and investigation Subcommittee hearing on this topic.

What I would prefer to do is to increase the incentives for people to join public service at the VA.

I need his help in convincing the speaker not to bring to the floor the Prosper Act because one of the greatest concerns is that bill H.R. 4508 eliminates the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; it is completely contrary to the whole…

I am embarrassed that it is the VA that has the very worst rate across the Federal government.

This is a great array of bills.

I support Mr. Denham's bill with regard to medical waste. I am a cosponsor of that bill.