the house veteran affair committee is holding the hearing. if you wish to have a document inserted into the record please ask for unanimous consent. have your staff email the document to veterans affairs dot hearings dot male.gov. without

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just waiting for the house bettering affairs committee to begin their hearing on women veteran getting health care the veterans health administration. this is expected to begin shortly. we are watching live coverage on c-span three. turning out their tails morning, congressman 80 and smith, republic of nebraska. he's also a member of the ways and means committee that deals with taxes and trade. he is the trade subcommittee ranking member. that means he's the top republican on that committee. let's begin with president biden on wednesday at the white house talking about and touting his economic proposals and what it has done for the economy so far. i will get your reaction. >> the historic american rescue plan. from economic crisis to resurgence. jobs are up. people are back to work. since we came to office, we have traded nearly 10 million jobs, a record for any presidency up to this point. 3.7% unemployment, nearly a 50 year low in this country. more small business created that anytime before in our history. american manufacturers are coming back. 6000 -- where is it written that said

they testified before the house veterans affairs committee. are the meeting platform was ready to begin? >> yes. >> please provide a five second count. >> five, four, three, two, one. good afternoon, i call this hearing to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare resets it anytime. the committee procedures for remote hearing remain the same. if you're experiencing connectivity issues, make sure you or your staff contact our designated technical support so those issues can be resolved immediately. if you wish to have a document inserted into the record please ask for unanimous consent and have your staff email the document to veterans affairs dot hearings at mail dot house. gov. without objection, members will be recognized in order of seniority for questioning witness of the day. this will make it easier to ensure all members participating have an opportunity to be recognized. does any member have a question about the procedures for this hearing? >> hearing none we will proceed. i will recognize myself for an opening statem

a test to ride before the house veterans affairs committee. are the meeting platform was ready to begin? >> yes. >> please provide a five second count. >> five, four,

the house veteran affair committee is holding the hearing. if you wish to have a document inserted into the record please ask for unanimous consent. have your staff email the document to veterans affairs dot hearings dot male.gov. without objection members will be recognized for seniority for cresting witnesses today. this will make it easier to ensure that all members participate and have an opportunity to be recognized. does any member have any questions with procedures to this meeting? hearing none we will proceed. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. over the last several years we have often cited women as the fastest growing cohort among veterans. our hearing today will examine women veterans access to the full spectrum of medical care and colluding reproductive health care to the veterans health administration today's hearing also offers an opportunity to reflect on the meeting of freedom. since the days of the revolutionary war women veterans have signed up to fight for and defend our country's founding ideas of freedom. tha

a test to ride before the house veterans affairs committee. are the meeting platform was ready to begin? >> yes. >> please provide a five second count. >> five, four, three, two, one. good afternoon, i call this hearing to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare resets it anytime. the committee procedures for remote hearing remain the same. if you're experiencing connectivity issues, make sure you or your staff contact our designated technical support so those issues can be resolved immediately. if you wish to have a document inserted into the record please ask for unanimous consent and have your staff email the document to veterans affairs dot hearings at mail dot house.gov. without objection, members will be recognized in order of seniority for questioning witness of the day. this will make it easier to ensure all members participating have an opportunity to be recognized. does any member have a question about the procedures for this hearing? >> hearing none we will proceed. i will recognize myself for an opening stateme

i want to thank chairman takano and members of the house veterans' affairs committee for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. and i urge my colleagues to join me in voting aye on h.r. 5916. yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor john trees, mr. trees lived in springfield, illinois, and was a loving husband to our own district office's candice trees. on september 28 of this year, they would have celebrated 48 years of marriage. john was a proud veteran of the u.s. air force serving during the vet ram war. after his -- vietnam war. after his years of service he went on to become a skilled labor an accomplished carpenter. once retiring from the department of illinois transportation, john had more time to do what he loved. combining his love of food and serving o

republican congresswoman from iowa and member of the education committee mariannette miller-meeks, she sits on the house homeland security and veteran affairsees. thank you for taking time, we know you have a big iowa football game i want to talk to about at the very end of this. there is so much to unpack. let's start with the border you heard alexandria and bill reporting from. i want to talk about alex is talking about why the administration has an undeniable border crisis, you now have the blue big-city democrats blaming the border governors but also, the president as well for the chaos playing out. what do you make of it? >> this is a crisis made by the by dinner administration, we had the border under control prior to his inauguration, immediately coming in. he opened the border up, we don't have operational control of our border. it is one thing to say you're a sanctuary city when you are not the one that is being set by this avalanche of people coming across the board. over 2 million people illegally crossing our southern border in the federal fiscal year and this year is not over yet. this is a crisis that they made worse than that

just waiting for the house bettering affairs committee to begin their hearing on women veteran getting health care the veterans health administration. this is expected to begin shortly. we are watching live

this bill is led by senator hassan and in the house this legislative effort is led by my veterans' affairs committee colleague, representative slotkin. now, we know that the transition from active duty service to veteran status can bring not only new opportunities, but also substantial adjustment stress. for some veterans it can pose serious mental health challenges. the first year of transitioning out of military service is a very high-risk period for veteran suicide. v.a. initiated its solid start program to address the challenges new veterans may face during this period. v.a. now contacts veterans in three different periods in that first year to check in, remind veterans of benefits, and services for which they're eligible, and connect them to resources. women veterans, like all veterans, deserve to know about all the benefits and services they've earned with no exceptions. now, i've heard today that some republican members of this house are suddenly looking to oppose this veteran suicide prevention bill and all because it has 16 words that simply ensure women veterans are told about the range of

veterans affairs committee jurisdiction. i support a number of those bill, maybe not a couple of them. i appreciate that we're having them down here. as many people know, the house freedom caucus and other colleagues have been raising the issue that we should debate, amend on different issue, have a different conversation about how the floor operates so we continue to require a roll call votes on a number of bills that might otherwise pass by voice. but in doing so it's not a statement necessarily always on the content of the legislation in question. and we'll be make some roll call votes this afternoon. i want to make sure as a member of the veterans affairs committee, i make clear my support for a number of these measures which will obviously be clear in the roll call vote later. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from illinois -- reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: thank you, mr. chairman. i urge all of my colleagues to support the bill and with that, i yield ba