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

Thank you, Chairman Coffman.

The VA plays a vital role in our national health care delivery system.

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.

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…

Madam Chair, 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…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and celebrate Gene Connolly, the principal of Concord High School--my alma mater--in Concord, New Hampshire, who will be retiring from his position at the end of this school year. Over the past 14 years…

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.

Mr. Speaker, 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…

I am committed to working with my colleagues to get these vital life-saving bills passed into law.

What is going to happen to the existing hospital? What happens to the Denver facility?