Brad Wenstrup

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 19, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,421,000)''. Page 23, line 12, after the dollar amount…

I think it would be a great benefit to our veterans and to our country.

I have heard Members from both sides of the aisle speak out against this very notion that they do not want these types of detainees coming to their State or territory. I will remind them that, as in previous conflicts, it is entirely…

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Thornberry).

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

Do you have a timeline, do you think? We have a pretty big problem in my district with prescription drug abuse.

Is there anything we can do?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Actually sort of on that subject, do you know what percentage of the VA hospitals are participating in the prescription drug monitoring programs in cooperation with the states?

It would be interesting to know if that actually would cost the taxpayers more or less.

So what are you measuring? Because I was operations chair for a 26-doctor orthopaedic group.

I did not come to Congress to sit here and to complain about things but to try and bring solutions.

I appreciate all of your level of expertise and your medical backgrounds. But to be honest I am a little surprised that there is not people involved with administration that have been in the private sector.

Because there is a part of it sometimes that makes me curious as to what motivates the VA system, the way it is funded, et cetera, to really be effective and efficient compared to, say, private practice because I have operated under both…

As a proud member of the House Veterans Affairs' Committee, it is my privilege to introduce Joseph Johnston, National Commander of Disabled American Veterans.

The electronic medical record that Dr. Roe spoke about, to me that is shameful, and it delays care.

There shouldn't be this wall and this divide between the opportunities that exist to take care of our troops.

Believe me, I am so grateful to be here with you today.

His passion for our military veterans is clear. It is selfless and with great conviction.

Disabled American Veterans is a strong advocate for those who have served our Nation and given more than most.

We need a well-defined international justice and detention system. We have not done that.

I think it is a generational change that we should be addressing, and I don't see us doing that.

If you look like a terrorist and act like a terrorist, you are a terrorist regardless of your affiliation.

I think we have come away with a lot of good insight from each of you today, and I appreciate that.

I found that when I served in theater in Iraq that, you know, there was definitely an effort by the chaplain to be respectful of all religions.

It was a pretty moving event to see these people that would put the American flag on their sleeve and be willing to die for the country that they weren't even citizens of yet.