It seems what I'm hearing is that this is often just an added task.

Thank you for choosing this topic. I am particularly interested, as the cochair, the founding cochair, of our congressional Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic.

Can you talk to me more about both the program within CARA, encouraging VAs to reduce the use of opiate medication, or any other examples that you might have in the system?

Is there any reason--and I guess this is for Dr. Clancy--why the VA could not streamline this process and apply one standard to all facilities?

I particularly want to thank the GAO and the IG for their helpful reports.

I am concerned, as I know many Americans are, about the impact of these immigration raids on our agricultural community.

Sadly, we have witnessed 19 of our 120 dairy farms going out of the commercial dairy business as a result of a drought.

Part of the problem for us is that the MPP uses the national average feed cost, and my question is, that fails to take into account the higher transportation and labor costs.

I just hope that this Committee will have the chance to indicate our concerns about the raids and the impact on the farm economy.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today because the Drive for Five is complete. I want to join New England in congratulating our New England Patriots on their incredible victory in Super Bowl LI. Fans across the Granite State agree that Super Bowl LI…

So I just want to join those of us on both sides of the aisle about our frustration.