What we have in Medicaid and Medicare is an archaic out of date system, and it needs to be completely redone.

I want to commend Congressman Courtney for his leadership in authoring bipartisan legislation to do so.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding.

If a veteran does decide to use this benefit to raise a family, the real winner in fact is the children.

My bill, which was noticed for this hearing as a draft bill entitled To Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Pay Special Compensation to Certain Veterans with the Loss or Loss of Use of Creative Organs, that is introduced as H.R. 4892…

I would like to focus my remarks on the bill I am proud to have introduced, H.R. 4782, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016.

Once again, we have a situation where VA is more inclined to support the status quo than to address a real-world issue, the inability to start a family because of a service-related injury.

According to testimony, VA opposes my bill because it would create an inequitable benefit favoring some veterans over others. Really?

if you do not know where you are going, you might end up someplace else.

What we have done with the VA has complicated this with so many layers of bureaucracy.

I think the veteran should be able to have a choice, a real choice, and not get hung up...

I think that is a mistake.