Harry Teague: “This budget will help us eliminate the shameful backlog of 400,000 veterans benefits claims and finally get those…”

I believe that this bill does exactly what this Subcommittee is supposed to be doing, creating economic opportunity for our veterans.

We must ensure that our veterans, who so selflessly served our country, are given the opportunity to succeed after their service.

When that happens, it is up to us to exercise our constitutional authority and exercise our oversight powers.

the proposals I have addressed would mean that wells would shut down, the bread winners in families in districts like mine would lose their jobs, and there would be that much more oil and gas that we would need to import from foreign…