Brad Wenstrup

Every American, deserves their privacy.

No one should be forced to violate a law that maintains their privacy.

No one is above the law, and I agree with you 100 percent.

We as Republicans have pledged support for coverage for preexisting conditions included in our bill.

There is that local level ability to fit what is needed case-by-case that I really hope we are driving towards.

In addition to a strong commitment to moving towards a primary prevention focus of our work, we believe that those efforts have to happen at the county and community level.

You don't want to waste money setting something up that another county doesn't need, but is needed somewhere else.

I think we have to think about that because there may be initiatives that one or two counties really need, and the others don't.

Family First presents a real opportunity to shift kind of the way we think about the role of Federal foster care dollars and how they can be more effectively spent.

An axiom I heard often when I started on the Committee was that 'when you've seen one VA, you've seen one VA.'

I believe that advancement of this legislation will help begin to fill the VA's many vacant health care positions.

Our bill authorizes VA recruiters to make job offers to physicians up to 2 years prior to fulfilling all of the VA's requirements.

I contend that as long as Congress sees fit to impose any standard on the VA regarding those caring for veterans, we have a duty to ensure that the standard is appropriate.

I believe that this bill, which I introduced along with Congressmen Correa and Congressman Bost will help the VA to fill some of these vacancies.

The goal, I think, for our VA health care system should be to deliver quality care efficiently in a timely fashion.

One of the most important things Congress can do to help returning servicemembers reintegrate back into civilian life is to support and prioritize programs that help them find meaningful employment or education and training opportunities.

What you said before, Mr. O'Rourke, is very true, this Committee gets a lot of things done and works very well together.

SVA is proud to support the bipartisan Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan (VET OPP) Act of 2018.

It is imperative that Congress pass the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018 to provide the VA the resources to effectively and comprehensively treat the complexity of every veteran's mental and physical wounds.

For the Russians, it was heads, I win, tails, you lose.

It seems to me that our own people sometimes don't know what we have until it is gone.

We thank Rep. Brad Wenstrup for identifying the need for extending this program, and strongly support this bill.

I want to thank Chairman Arrington and Ranking Member O'Rourke for addressing this important bill at today's hearing.

Chairman Roe and Secretary Shulkin noted that VA's budget has increased by 175 percent since 2006.

This Committee, led by Chairman Roe, has been working hard hand-in-hand with our veterans' service organization partners.