Thank you, Chairman Coffman.

We simply must improve the contracting process between the VA and its affiliates for medical services.

This is why Congress and the VA must work together to address areas that need improvement.

I hope I convince my colleagues to support my request to put more money in, to not be borrowing or leveraging in this way, to be very clear that we need to pay for transporting and picking up and storing foods.

And so the work that we do that leverages, that makes sure that we are encouraging, as you do, incredible private work, as well as our responsibility to change a variety of systems so that people really have the supports that they need to…

I thank Ranking Member Kaptur. I rise today to speak about the importance of the funding of the Office of Public Participation within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, known fondly to us as the FERC, an office that has never been…

And I make this statement at every hearing because until it is resolved, it hurts me every day to remind all of my colleagues and everyone who comes before this Committee that New Mexico is still one of the hungriest states in the country.

Today I rise to discuss bipartisan efforts to improve the work our Nation does to care for our veterans. Next week we will be honoring those who gave their lives for this country on Memorial Day. We will commemorate the lives and the…

When do you expect that a veteran will walk through those doors and get some kind of help?

And what about the tracking? Walk me through the tracking for when the package arrives...

I was impressed. There were several Members of Congress who have a background in pharmacy, and they were very forthcoming that substance use disorder is undiscerning in terms of who it chooses.

I think it is very, very effective.