David Roe

This is the right and just thing to do, and we can do better.

I feel strongly that any legislation to improve and expand the Family Caregiver Program should be developed, proceed through regular order, and passed on its own merits.

I share this Administration's concern that the significant expansion of the Family Caregiver Program cannot be discussed or supported without an honest conversation about finding the right balance between clinical appropriateness and cost.

I support expanding the Family Caregiver Program to pre-9/11 veterans, but I believe that before doing so we must ensure that the program is working as intended.

VA Caregiver Support Program: Correcting Course For Veteran Caregivers

I applaud you for that.

Veterans and their families deserve better. They deserve to have VA decide their appeals accurately and within a reasonable amount of time.

The success of this reform is critical, because the current appeals process is failing veterans miserably.

With the job market being at historic lows... why do you think in California the rates are going up?

Finding housing that is affordable... is a huge problem for lower-income people.

I would disagree. I think they come out with more skills than that. They learn leadership skills.

This particular facility is a poster child for why we need VA asset review.

I am looking forward to hearing feedback from both the Department and VSO witnesses on three of these programs; IDES, BDD, and Quick Start.

I urge the Secretary and this Administration to do whatever they have to do to give folks the resources...

I do have some concerns about the focus this process is getting from the VA senior leadership.

This bill was signed into law by President Trump on August 16th, 2017. It is a great example of what Congress can do when we put the American people and, in this case, our veterans first and foremost.

While we can all be proud of this collective achievement to pass the Forever GI Bill, this Subcommittee's work has just begun and it is critical that we work in tandem with the VA, with veterans groups, and other stakeholders.

I think that the other question I have, the second question I have is, who decided--and I am not necessarily saying this is bad, but who decided to go with a program that has never been done with an organization that doesn't exist?

I have had the surgical nurses call me and say, Dr. Roe, do you need this, this, and this before this procedure, and we would go over that ahead of time.

I think the best government is local government.

I would make sure that every 150 plus those medical centers that checked that box and said we know how to do this, and are doing this.

We make laws because people are not doing their job, and their unnecessary.

But at the end of the day, we still have, as medical staff people, the patient's safety and quality of care is upmost.

If people lose confidence in your hospital, they will quit coming there.

I don't know why Mr. Williamson was ever needed to go out.