Okay. And that is something that we are able to be successful with this legislation that I would like to work with you on because we are having joint meetings between the top positions at the VA with the top positions at the Department of…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I join the Chairman in thanking you, Ms. Zumatto and Mr. Binns for your attention and your work on behalf of the Gulf War veterans and keeping the attention focused on the illness.

Thank you for your testimony today, and we want to, you know, help to solve this problem and get these construction projects completed so they can serve our veterans.

We in Congress should never assume we have all the answers.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 o'clock p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 10 a.m. for morning-hour debate…

I am specifically speaking of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, fully utilizing the trust fund.

I believe in that. Another way we can address this is we can fully spend the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

I want those troops to know that we have a bright future waiting for them.

We have responsibility to ensure their security when they return.

Debt matters. Of course it matters.

I apologize for missing some of the hearing, but, well, we all have other things to do.

If I had to pick one thing that put us in the situation we are here at the moment is the tax decisions we made in the early part of this century.

I honestly having sat on this committee think that it is a directive that has to be implemented at this point because there is no voluntary compliance.

I suspect they will be like all other Americans.

That kind of money a veteran can't come up with.

I am concerned that the strategy does not adequately account for the potential of the Army supporting additional missile defense capabilities in the Pacific.

I want to applaud the efforts of the Army working with the Air Force, TRANSCOM, and MDA in deploying the THAAD battery to Guam last year.

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think most of the Members here know that I had a 33-year career in law enforcement prior to coming to the House of Representatives a little over 9 years ago. During that time, I lost…