Bill Flores

I thank the gentleman for accepting the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Flores). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 3…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, beginning at line 9, strike ``regardless'' and all that follows through line 11 and insert a…

I thank Mr. Bishop for the time to discuss this rule and the important underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, everyone, Republicans and Democrats, like to talk about clean, affordable natural gas. Yet, the Bureau of Land Management has…

I appreciate the comments of Mr. Gohmert. I think he raises an issue that all Americans rightly need to be concerned about, and that is the invasion of our privacy that we expect to have under our Constitution when you have an IRS that is…

Thank you for the recognition. This evening, I would like to lead the discussion about the blatant abuse of power by the Internal Revenue Service, specifically regarding its targeting of Americans because of their political beliefs. In…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for that heartfelt testimony today. I would also like to thank him for his years of service in the United States Navy and as a current member of the United States Naval Reserve. We appreciate having…

I thank my friend from Texas (Mr. Weber). And I am now honored to yield to another friend from the great State of Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn, who represents the Tennessee Seventh.

I thank the Congresswoman from Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words that were shared with us from the gentlelady from Tennessee, from one of her constituents. And we hear firsthand the agonizing feelings of her constituents as…

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) for sharing with us more chilling evidence of a Federal Government that has gone wild and how the Federal Government can target you based on what is in your name. I would now like to yield…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have, as I told you at the outset of this conversation, many letters that we received from folks all over this country. And I am not going to read all these letters, but I am going include some of them in the…

I don't fault VA Central Office staff for many of these problems. I believe many of these issues stem from the lack of attention and resources that are provided to the VR&E service by the Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA).

I want to begin by thanking my good friend Mr. Takano for participating in the two field hearings we held last week in Riverside, CA, and Waco, TX.

They can't continue to drop the ball and lose sight of the fact that other important programs that serve our veterans need assistance as well.

I believe that this program has the ability to greatly improve the lives of veterans, but more work needs to be done to assure efficiency, improve performance, and to assure transparency through oversight.

While I am encouraged that the recent GAO found that 89% of the veterans in their study eventually completed their independent living plans, they also found that there is a need for increased oversight over this program.

Whether it is the popular Post 9/11 G.I. Bill or rehabilitation and training for disabled veterans, the goal of the subcommittee is ensuring that veterans have economic opportunity and success.

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I want to thank Subcommittee Chairman Bill Flores and Ranking Member Mark Takano for holding this field hearing on Veterans Hiring.

Nobody knows these issues better than those right here in the real world.

We are here this morning to focus on one of the most important goals I have for this subcommittee - reducing unemployment amongst our nation's veterans.

the goal of the subcommittee is to ensure that our veterans have economic opportunity and success.

I have a friend that always says the best thing about a veteran is they can put on their resume--you want to understand commitment--that they were willing to take a bullet for their previous employer.

There ought to be some allocation, in my opinion, for veterans, especially when you are looking at military installations.

I hope all of you will show him some of our Texas hospitality while he is with us.

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