I would hate for us to appropriate $421 million for you to develop a system and then it cannot ever be implemented.

So, the changes to DOPMA should be made at the congressional level?

I think this panel has made a really strong case for looking at DOPMA and the fact that it really doesn't make sense to use a one-size-fits-all

I thought I was hearing wrong when the Senator talked about Liberal.

I think we just want all of this to actually happen.

For the individual veteran to navigate his or her way through the system is really a challenge.

I certainly hope that this committee will follow through.

I think that the example that you cited, women serving in the military, will transform the military.

According to your testimony, your Bureau is now reviewing over 5,000 pages of technical feedback on the draft rule.

If the environmental and safety regulatory standards laid out in the WCR are implemented, operators will have to factor in the cost of the compliance with the rule in addition to their operating costs.

I have seen pictures, films, and images from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, I know you have as well.

I think it's a great approach.

Our acquisition process is highly complicated, and yet we are stuck in a bygone era.

Did you also take into consideration--I realize this is difficult to predict because you do not want to make any predictions based on the actual occurrence of disasters--but when there is a disaster and there are deaths, then the company…

I think that if we define 'constraints' as, really, speed, thrift, simplicity, I think that's what we're getting at.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

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