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“With strong leadership from Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey, our bill already funds the administration's request for electronic health records. This includes $124 million for interoperability efforts for the two current systems of both the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Efforts are already underway to allow clinicians and users now to have operable records. In regard to sexual assaults, our recommendation provides approximately $275 million, an increase of $50 million over fiscal year 2014, which fully funds the President's request for sexual assault prevention. Mr. Speaker, with regards to traumatic brain injury funding, this bill, our bill, also includes over $400 million in research and development funds for traumatic brain injury and psychological health, and over $600 million in operation and maintenance funding to care for our wounded servicemembers, not to mention the amendments we have already accepted on the floor over the last couple of days. These are important programs. They are supported by Republicans and Democrats, and I may say, they are adequately supported in this bill. Mr. Speaker, I ask for a ``no'' vote on the motion to recommit and a big ``yes'' vote on the underlying bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”