How would your recommendation impact the total amount of funds that the exchange system annually provides for the Services' Morale, Welfare, and Recreation programs?

I hate the fact that after 12 years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, you get a pink slip and you get zero.

I want to be generous after 4 years, but I want to keep people around.

We can meet both of these objectives, and we must.

Our Inspector Generals do a phenomenal job on behalf of the American people, they make our government work more effectively.

I do believe that at times there can be, I guess, legitimate disputes.

I find it impossible to believe that Congress would have intended with this Act... to somehow obstruct IGs from investigating sexual assault cases.

It seems to me that we need to change the law.

The State prison systems ought to get on the ball and sign this memorandum of understanding.

Almost $5 billion a year is going out as a result of criminals using somebody else's Social Security number.

Fifty percent? Half will commit additional crimes against innocent Americans?

So if the vaccine that we are using now has been viewed as 23 percent effective, and usually in the past it has been 50 to 60 percent effectiveness, are we seeing--maybe it is Dr. Schuchat, are we seeing a commensurate increase in the…

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, we took important steps on preventive medical coverage for free, and since the law went into effect, approximately 76 million Americans have received no-cost coverage for preventive…

I think it is great that we are having this hearing today because this whole question of vaccines... has really been in the news.

We must remember it is the people's money, not the government's money.

Under this Administration, we have seen illegal border crossings go up. We have seen deportations go down.

There is absolutely no excuse for this Administration to perpetuate those policies that result in American lives being lost or property damaged or injuries that have occurred.

This unfortunate situation illustrates the importance of adequate Congressional oversight of federal agencies.