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The VA isn't within the purview of this committee, but clearly, it is a continuum of concern that we have about our military people, whether they are in Service or veterans.

I don't believe the VA has the ability to move three moves ahead or to see that where the need is coming until they have the problem.

Alzheimer's is costing the United States more than $200 billion a year, yet we are spending less than three tenths of 1 percent of that amount on research.

If we are to prevent Alzheimer's from becoming the defining disease of the next generation, it is imperative that we dramatically increase our investment in Alzheimer's disease research.

FRA is officially on the record stating that we believe a multiple-person crew enhances safety.

PTC should not be a pretext to eliminating a member of the train crew.

Those who have given their lives deserve to be honored by saying enough is enough with the delay and foot-dragging.

AAR, NTSB safety advocates, and numerous lawmakers, including myself, have called for retrofit or phase-out of the older tank cars.

It is absurd to suggest that inward-facing cameras are a tool to reduce fatigue.

The fact that we still are not sharing critical threat information, particularly with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure, is just unacceptable in this day and age.

I believe we're extremely vulnerable to attacks.

The challenge of forming a government among competing factions with Cabinet ministries in a sufficient ratio to receive parliamentary approval is very, very difficult.

Imagine 80 million war refugees coming to the United States over the period of about 2 years.

The population of Lebanon is a little bit over 4 million and there is nearly a million--by many accounts, more than a million--Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Lebanon deserves our attention and continued investment and partnership.

Lebanon is at a crossroads.

We owe it to America's veterans to provide certain and stable VA budget funding.

Those individuals who today are upstanding members of the community and suffered from posttraumatic stress ought to be given a second look.