It is clear that you and I have very different visions of what the budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Develo...
We Vermonters think when you make a deal you keep it.
Congress clearly rejected in the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus the President's proposed cuts to housing and community develop...
They have to have special authority for that, would they not?
Is it safe to say that there is no service that does not have a concern about PTSD?
The fact that our Active component and Reserve components... are training together, planning together, working together,...
The care, and welfare, and wellbeing of the men and women in uniform are all of our most important tasks to maintain.
I think it is extremely important.
What structural or institutional barriers both within the Bureau and the Department remain to achieving that objective?
I am proud they are going to be the first Guard unit in the country to fly the F-35.
I am concerned about both the Guard and Reserves, but in the full time services.
I know firsthand from the members of Vermont's own Air Guard and Army Guard the sacrifices these men and women make ever...
I do not know of any precedent for this. I am asking, what circumstances?
Commanders in these units... have better access to ranges, better interoperability with their active duty counterparts.
We can do law enforcement duties. But there is no intention on this particular case.
I am disappointed that you chose not to make any mention of this issue in your written testimony.
I'm of the school that you make an agreement, you stick with it.
My fear is that we are going to see a drip-by-drip depletion of funds for the VA and the services they provide.