U.S. State Attorneys General

I want this Committee and this Congress to continue to be motivated by the sense of urgency.

I hope that in your review you are also looking at your hiring processes, because it should not take a long time.

What could be more pressing than to make sure that our veterans receive the care that they need and deserve.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:45 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at 10 a.m…

At 12 noon tomorrow there will be two cloture votes on the Bay and the LaFleur nominations to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and, if cloture is invoked, votes on confirmation of the nominations at 3 p.m…

I represent a State, Hawaii, that has been a leader in protecting women's health and safety.

I do agree that abortion is a different procedure from other medical procedures because its foundation is a constitutional right.

It is important that you make sure that regulation of abortion is not just about singling out abortion providers, but is actually based on good medical practice and scientific evidence.

Protecting children has been and must remain a national priority.

Thank you, Chair Boxer and Ranking Member Paul, Senator Menendez, for inviting me to speak today on such an important matter.

I would like to stay in touch with you regarding how that is going, because half a million, that is a lot of people.

My understanding is that under the DACA program some 500,000 young people have come forward to participate.

We strongly urge the Committee to work to include these in the HEA reauthorization.

The current Supreme Court is one of the most corporate-friendly Courts in history.

The proposed rule would undermine the Fast Track Program, removing incentives for firms to participate in the first place.

I think the point that, Dr. Phil, you made and some others and some folks up here made is a good one, and that is, look, we have seen that throwing money at a problem doesn't work.

I am deeply proud of the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

So, would you all agree that any face-to-face audit should include--probably, this is a rhetorical question, but--input from the veterans' organizations as well as veterans at the particular facility?

I would envision that any kind of an assessment of the entire VA health care system would involve not just this process that Secretary Shinseki has described to us.

I would like to ask you--perhaps we can start with Mr. Dellinger--what needs to happen in a face-to-face audit to truly elicit the kind of information we need to address the challenges and the problems at VA hospitals and clinics.

As we look at the potential need for making systemic changes to how VA operates...

The lack of transparency and the lack of accountability is inexcusable and cannot continue.

Clearly, this problem has gone on far too long.

I think it certainly encourages the kind of activities that we are scrutinizing today.