"El Paso is the safest city when you look at violent crime. There's no reason to cordon off the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border from the rest of the country."
"I remember how awful I felt being in that cell and how un-American that felt. I had not crossed an international border . . . yet was detained, questioned, and searched without probable cause. And tha..."
"We want someone who knows how to treat veterans, perhaps only treats veterans and active duty servicemembers."
"I think that is the single greatest opportunity to stop these preventable deaths, if we take this seriously."
"This is a no-brainer: obviously, what Rep. O'Rourke's bill calls for should be the case, as long as it conforms to HIPAA regulations."
"The problem is obvious. The solution is simple. And I came to Congress to offer pragmatic solutions to pressing problems."
"What it does is remove a privacy requirement that is unique to the VA that effectively prohibits the effective sharing of patient medical records between the VA and community providers through the Cho..."
"H.R. 5083, the VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2016 comes as a result of a collaborative effort among VBA, the Board and 11 major stakeholder organizations-including DAV-that assist veterans with thei..."
"I would agree with everything you just said. And I would add that we then also need to hold ourselves accountable."
"You just want to make sure that there's absolute adherence to the standards--that you don't have fraud."
"I just want to make the point that thanks to the GAO, I think there are some significant concerns that have been raised."