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And I think the fact that we have market-based pricing rather than government price controls is a significant part of the reason that that is the case.

Why don't I just quickly go down the panel?

I have heard concerns from my constituents that some drug plans have what I refer to as a Fail First Policy in which a beneficiary may be prescribed a more expensive medication but first has to use a lower cost drug or a plan-preferred…

We need to address the portion of the fiscal year 2013 budget shortfall with some sort of supplemental OCO request.

I don't understand the difference in treatment.

The impact of these budget shortfalls are serious and unacceptable.

We thank Chairman Jeff Miller and Ranking Member Mike Michaud for the opportunity to present a statement for the record.

The Secretary's goal of having no veteran wait for longer than 125 days with an accuracy rate of 98 percent by 2015 seems to be unlikely.

While the VA continues to process more claims than at any other time in its history, demand continues to outpace production.

I have made a proposal with some co-authors about setting up an administrative process inside the executive branch that would notify Congress about what groups are actually our enemies.

I do not believe that terminating the AUMF is a good idea.

It sure would give me a lot more comfort to feel like where he is sent, whether I agree with the policy or not, that he is being sent wherever in harm's way only if both Congress and the executive branch agree and have seriously thought…

How do we breathe life into the principle of Congress having the power to declare war and the President having the power to prosecute it in this kind of new set of circumstances?

I feel very strongly that every 12 years or so, it is time to engage and figure out whether you agree with the scope of the----

Congress is given not only the power to declare war but a wide range of associated powers.

I would be joining Senator Inhofe as to who would be first in line to object to an abuse of this authority.

I just do not like the idea of reading a 12-year-old document so broadly that it renders the congressional authority and the importance of congressional authority for using military force abroad of no force and effect.

The President has authority to put boots-on-the-ground in Yemen or the Congo under this Act.