This bill does not cut 85 percent of federal funding for the programs. It does not.

Mr. President, what is the time situation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is postcloture on H.R. 3979 and a perfecting amendment thereto.

Thank you so much, Mr. President. I want to say a big thank you to Senator Murphy because he has been a great leader on this issue. He and I are coming from States where people are signing up and signing up and surpassing the goals. The…

I would so ask. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Do I need to ask permission to speak on health care? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does need consent.

Thank you for being here and for speaking so candidly about the work that you are doing.

I have met with the military here, and we are confident that we have plans now for training and equipment for the Libyan military.

But when you have 333 different recommendations and you only insist that they implement 24, I have a problem with that.

How is this relationship 'normalized' when our Ambassador was murdered in Benghazi 18 months ago?

Why is the Administration proposing to lift a 30-year ban on Libyans coming to the US to train as nuclear scientists now?

I don't think bringing people in to train them on nuclear sciences when they have no nuclear power plants is where we would start.

I think they are overstating the security situation in Benghazi and Libya.

I think it would be prudent to allow public comment and to allow the public notice, and then public comment and to better inform Congress of what you are trying to do.

VA's responses to congressional inquiries should be thoughtful, thorough, and complete.

We do not need an administrative bureaucracy over at OCLA that filters the process, that inhibits the ability of the department and this committee to work collaboratively together.

I am encouraged by the shift in tone conveyed by your participation in your written testimony.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for having this hearing today.

Oversight is a fundamental power provided to Congress and a fundamental obligation of Congress.