Well, thank you very much, Congressman Blumenauer. You are always welcome to come to my district in Las Vegas. We were very glad to have you there, and you brought your leadership. And I appreciate your wearing your bicycle, because that…

We should make it a priority to change the culture of the military and put an end to the acts of sexual trauma that exist within our military.

In the year 2000, the people of Nevada overwhelmingly voted to legalize medical marijuana 65 to 35 percent. Thirteen years later, the State legislature passed an enacting statute, and last week, the Las Vegas City Council and the Clark…

A bill to provide counseling and treatment for MST that occurred during inactive duty training.

This is bipartisan legislation that addresses an unacceptable gap in current law that effectively leaves certain victims of sexual assault without support and treatment that they need and deserve.

I believe that by caring for our nation's veterans suffering from the hidden wounds of PTSD while at the same time providing assistance dogs to those with physical disabilities we create a win-win for everyone, which I believe is a goal we…

Thank you for including my bill H.R. 2527, the National Guard Military Sexual Trauma Parity Act on today's agenda.

AUSN supports H.R. 4095, the Veterans' Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2014.

I fully support his legislation and believe that this will build on VA's successes fighting the backlog.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank the VA for your assistance on the bills that are before us today.

I fully support this legislation and believe that it will build on the VA's successes to date fighting the backlog.

I believe this is a commonsense approach, and I hope we can move the bill to the floor as quickly as possible.

We have lots of time. Go ahead.

This legislation will increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Like you, I wish we could make this permanent, but in the short term we certainly need to raise the compensation for this year.

His legislation seeks to address the appeals backlog, a high priority issue for this committee.

The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that all veterans and their families are receiving the benefits they have earned.

It is the lack of a qualified workforce.

the cuts in the budget are not the President's policy, but are a result of a 1998 statute with the hold harmless provision.

But we know it is not enough. There are waiting lines for children to get into these programs...

I appreciate all of your concerns about the standardized form, and I know that Beto has some legislation that would address it.

You reduced the time veterans have to wait for their claims and you cut the backlog by 35 percent.

I know in Reno 5,000 cases have been brokered to other places around the country. And my question is, that is kind of lipstick on a pig.

While PVA has been encouraged by many of the effects that the integration and wide-spread implementation of technology has had, we still have concerns.

Your help is very much appreciated by both the veterans and by us.