So you have some reservoir of understanding, expertise on this. I see.
It does underscore the need to have this coordinated meeting of the three subcommittees.
Chairman Norm Dicks has done just a wonderful job with the Interior Committee.
I cannot imagine we would ever come close to meeting the need.
I think it's--one of the startling things to me, when I came in as Congressman, was the number of veterans that we were ...
The budget provides $1.7 billion to family programs and services and I commend the Army for making these programs an imp...
Because, otherwise, you're going to get a lot of long-term problems, difficulties.
I applaud the Army's new Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program, an all-inclusive approach to emotional, social, spiritua...
It seems like, to me, if you're a foreign country, and you're reading the tea leaves on this, and we--frankly, I think w...
The sooner you get on top of it, the more likely you are to be successful with your options, and the more options you ge...
It seems like the military's recognizing that and saying, 'No, something's going on here, and we need to get on top of t...
I think you're going to have some very irritated people in the United States of America.
I also want to commend the Army for their collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health on suicide preventi...
And I--boy, I see that thing playing out again, if we don't get on top of it.
I wrote to you in December to raise the issue of overcrowding in schools on Fort Riley.
We're busting at the seams on our grade school, middle schools, with the numbers coming back in.
I think one of the startling things to me, when I came in as Congressman, was the number of veterans that we were having...
I thank you and am pleased to attend my first Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing.