speaker, i want to talk for a minute about a ruth moore a veteran from ruth moore. ruth fought for 23 years before she was timely given the benefits we owed her. when i met her four years ago she could barely tell her story. she has built her trust of people to the point where she is able to tell her story publicly. but there are thousands and thousands of ruth moores out there who have been fighting for the benefits for years and decades. this is an important step in ensuring we treat these veterans clearly. this and make the claims process more uniform. this bill is named after ruthmore a maine constituent of representative pingree who spent more than 20 years fighting for her own benefits. other survivors may not be made to repeat her battle. i urge passage of this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. the gentleman from florida. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentlelady from nevada. ms. titus: i have no further speakers at this time so i would just simply urge my colleagues to support passage of the ruth moore act of 20

provide an annual cost of living adjustment for veterans receiving disability compensation and the ruth moore act which would update regulations for veterans seeking financial compensation for mental health conditions linked to sexual assault while they were serving in the military. the house also had to pass legislation that included provisions to allow the v.a. to transfer funds within its budget to cover an unexpected $2.5 billion shortfall in hospital and medical care actions. without this fix, the agency said it would start shutting down hospital operations in august. it is critically important that we take care of those who have sacrificed so much in service to our country. and this week congress has continued its efforts to meet our responsibility to america's veterans. however, we cannot transform the v.a. alone. it is the president's responsibility to ensure changes are made within the agency and employees are held accountable for their actions. america's veterans deserve a meaningful decisive plan to right the many wrongs that have been committed. it's past time for the obama admini