Dina Titus

Thank you. All three of you mentioned the word 'hope,' so we now have a foreign policy based on the concept of hope. I hope it works.

I am glad we are holding these hearings today about Russia's violation of the INF Treaty, because given the administration's potential ties to the Russian administration, I think it is very important that the congressional committees on…

I think it is very important that the congressional committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services keep a close eye on our relationship with Russia.

We do know he wants other people to step up and do their share, so that is kind of a hint what is coming.

Perhaps we shouldn't have been so anxious to send Bao Bao back if we are facing these kind of diplomatic problems.

I would just like to ask you about the perception of the United States in the region within Syria.

Throughout the campaign, we heard from candidate Trump that he knew more than the generals and he had a secret plan for fighting ISIS.

Well, as the House Republicans flee town, let's just take a minute to review their record: no budget; no vote on gun violence measures; no Zika funding; no Flint, Michigan, fix; no VA appeals overhaul; no long-term FAA reauthorization; no…

Accurate benefits adjudication is critical to ensuring our veterans have access to the VA health care they need.

The disparity here is what is so very troubling. You have a great gap between the servicemembers identified by the Department of Defense and the positive claims granted by the VA.

MOAA thanks Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) for her leadership in this area.

H.R.5083 - VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2016, introduced by Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-1), is an attempt to improve the appeals process of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

If we don't do it now, the situation is just going to get worse.

This is a historic moment, so I appreciate your suggestions and comments, but let us not move forward with this.

Thanks to the hard work of the employees of the VA, in addition to more resources given by Congress, this backlog has been greatly reduced.

Thank you for including H.R. 5083, the Veterans Appeals Modernization Act of 2016, on the agenda today.

I, too, have no further speakers. I just want to say that I support this legislation. I urge my colleagues to do the same, and I also admonish them to show the same degree of urgency when it comes to reauthorizing the FAA. I yield back the…

It would be very nice to have some women veterans at the table talking about it themselves.

I have been sponsoring or cosponsoring this measure for years now and, if it is so great that we do it for one year, wouldn't it be greater if we just did it for every year automatically like we do Social Security?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing today, so we can discuss some of this important legislation that affects our veterans.

We have heard estimates from Arlington National Cemetery that they are going to be at capacity within two decades, so we need to have a plan for what we are going to do there at the cemetery.

I think the more diversity you have in your recruiting, the better.

We will include in it legislation that Mr. Takano and I have worked on to kind of continue something we started when we were doing the Choice Act.

It presents us an opportunity, because with this many vacancies, it kind of dovetails with the Secretary's position of recreating the VA as my VA and making it more veteran-centric.

We need to not only focus on making it easier for the VA to discipline and dismiss employees, but also to recruit and retain the best employees.