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If we are going to look at broadening that radius, it is going to cost a whole lot of money.

I am and still very, very concerned. When you are looking at areas that have rural places which are the hardest sometimes to get care to, that is why this evolved in the first place.

I just had a phone call with my district staff that works on all of our VA case work in the district.

I want the VA to be healthy. I want the VA to work for my constituents in northern Indiana.

This legislation ensures these veterans receive the best equipment by requiring vendors... to meet minimum certification or accreditation standards.

We are working every day to make sure that we together are going to be able to say that we eradicated this and it is a safe place to serve.

I want to take a second and I think many of us involved on this Committee have worked for years long and hard to take the horrific thing that happened to you and the kind of environment that you had to tolerate as a member of the Armed…

I appreciate being given the opportunity to discuss H.R. 3471, the Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2015.

I want to know the person that made the decision to give them the money.

Reclaiming my time, I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman. It is important for Congress to give the term ``critical commerce corridor'' meaning. We have seen the dangers of leaving terms undefined and of relying on the agency to create a…

I particularly want to thank our witnesses. I thought it was a very constructive discussion.

Either you can work, or you cannot work. Either you are disabled, or you are not disabled.

There appears to be a lot of dysfunction.

First, I want to thank Senator Cotton for asking the Committee to examine how we can improve the Social Security Disability Insurance program.

... to supervise financial firms in a manner that promotes the stability of the financial system as a whole and limit the systemic damage that would result if a large financial institution does fail.

I guess my final question is, in that demoralizing environment, how in the world will the VA ever hire the doctors, the nursing professionals, and the administrators to run an agency...

Every day it seems like there's something new. We've heard project's over budget, behind schedule, whistleblowers retaliation, and now this issue of collusion among officials to line their pockets with fewer responsibilities.

I think the problem is the message, not the means.