Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 332, after line 24, insert the following: SEC. 713. EXPANSION OF STATE LICENSURE EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs need to renew and improve efforts to reach out to rural America, which has less access to care; (2) behavioral health services for active duty members of the Armed Forces, members of the reserve components, members of the National Guard, and veterans need to be more easily and readily accessible; and (3) medical records and records of deployment need a ``warm transition'' and better collaboration between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.…”