I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is with both sadness and pride that I rise to honor Damon Nelson. America lost a great patriot at too young of an age. Damon dedicated nearly his entire life to public service and always…

I find it interesting that I keep hearing that the tax reforms were for the rich. The only phone calls I got complaining about our tax reform were from the rich. I had one gentleman call me and actually say: For those of us with three or…

I stand here today in support of Mr. Kelly's bill. Our colleague across the aisle just gave us some very sad statistics that so many of our fellow Americans have when it comes to savings in their lives, so I am surprised that they would…

I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5649. As a member of the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, I know how difficult the transition to civilian life can be after service for so many of our servicemembers. I still remember the eerie feeling…

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

I thank my distinguished colleague and Chairman Roe for yielding. In November of last year, I joined my colleague and the ranking member of the Health Subcommittee, Representative Brownley, in reintroducing H.R. 4451, the Homeless…

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

I am humbled to follow Sam Johnson here at this podium. I have been in Congress 6 years, and to think that he spent 7 years incarcerated as a POW. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the VA MISSION Act. This legislation is about keeping our…

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.

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

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

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.