On Friday, December 2, my alma mater, St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, beat the odds in a true underdog story and won the Ohio high school Division I football State championship. They join the St. Xavier water polo team as State…

On behalf of our veterans, I rise today in support of H.R. 6416. This bill would expand benefits and provide improvements to help America's greatest asset: our veterans and their families. I am especially pleased to support sections in the…

Obviously, our goal was to provide care for those in need for our veterans, and one of the things that I have seen that assures our veteran patients as much as anything else is having a primary care doctor they call their own.

I would like to hear from, really, all of you. Because my feeling, in the ideal situation for the VA or for any--for any health care system whatsoever, that everyone has a primary care doctor.

get help from Congress or get Congress to get out of the way and let those things happen.

Well, the question I have, though, is, if someone calls for an appointment and they are being told, you know what, you can be seen in 3 weeks, you know, here at the VA.

If you have gone and credentialed through the VA itself.

So, and let me go to you for a second, Dr. Rogove, when you are talking about the licensure across States and things like that.

Ultimately, our goal is to get care to our patients.

Just 2 weeks ago, Representative Wenstrup introduced legislation to reform the hiring process at the VA, calling the process 'lengthy and inefficient.'

How important is the role of Wright-Patterson in Ohio for the future of our air dominance?

I think that probably makes it tough on your retention as well, especially for pilots where there are opportunities in the private sector.

You know, that graphic there is very telling and obviously very concerning.

So I am just curious how we are doing on sixth generation.

I think it is important that we discuss the maintenance of air dominance and the role that the fifth generation fighters are playing.

I appreciate the work you have done with VETS.GOV. I think it has come a long way and certainly an opportunity for so many.

I think you brought up a good point. You know, many of our young veterans, as they get out, use their GI bill, and many of them go and use it for a 4-year degree, and that is great. But that is not for everybody.

I would disagree; neither of my parents have a 4-year degree, and my guess is yours might not either.

We as a country still have more work to do to ensure that all the men and women who have served this Nation, and want a meaningful career after uniform are able to do so.

I appreciate everything that each of you is doing to connect veterans to meaningful jobs as they exit the military.

I would like to raise some concerns I have about VA's efforts to streamline the catalog of surgical tools that are available to VA Medical Centers. I share the VA's goals of increasing efficiency and purchasing power. However, I am…

I am proud to say that a technology platform has never economically empowered this community in such a manner before.

Engine commends you for holding today's hearing entitled 'Veterans in Tech: Innovative Careers for All Generations of Veterans.'

This is more than that.

Negativity over and over again is not helping in this situation.