There are places where we want to keep roads open----

Under Secretary Bonnie, I know that you are well aware, and so is the whole Committee, that Congress, unfortunately, is a bit gridlocked on the Forest Service wildfire budget situation.

These kids can't help any of those certification or verification problems. They are not responsible for the waste and issues that you addressed.

How do I do that, sir?

And as both sides try to tackle this problem, because our real issue here is to figure out how we prevent it from happening ever again and, secondly, what we can do about restoring faith to the--our constituents who don't believe either of…

What do we do so that everybody sitting here today is clear that when there is a warning signal, no matter how small--and here, they weren't small. They were not small. They were huge.

How many staff have been held accountable? How many retrainings have you had? How many water tests are you doing?

there is a serious critical difference between the response of Governor Snyder and the response of Governor Kasich.

we have a terrible end result. We have people drinking unsafe water.

what we all want is good and effective government. And for me it is irrelevant whether that good and effective protective government is at the Federal level, at the State level, or the local level.

I was very excited to hear that you all are working with medical schools and standing up medical schools and additional residencies, which really make a difference.

I would call on everybody to remove those holds and put the Inspector General in place for the Veterans Administration.

I think you have made some good progress, including yesterday's announcement that the VA is now able to fund care for all veterans with hepatitis C.

I will submit my additional questions for the record, because my time has expired.

Thank you very much, Senator Baldwin.

I understand that you recently signed off on a medical investigator report pertaining to the Albuquerque VA medical center.

I look forward to an update on this research as it moves forward on how we can ensure veterans get the treatment they need for such exposure.

I'm very pleased to see that you've included a 14 percent increase for alcohol and substance abuse programs as part of your 2017 budget request.