For the last several years, there has been a loud concern about the backlog.
I want to thank all of our guests from VA for being with us today to discuss the budget.
General Shinseki, when you came into your position, you announced a very ambitious goal, and that goal was to process all claims in 125 days...
Enactment of S. 932 will generally free all VA services from the political gridlock that has crippled the appropriations process in Congress...
we are not going to turn our backs on those veterans.
the cost of war is much, much greater, I think, than most Americans perceive.
We are dealing now with hundreds of thousands of men and women who have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan, dealing with traumatic brain in...
The country, above and beyond the VA, faces a crisis in lack of quality, affordable access to mental health care.
I am a great believer in primary health care.
We need to make sure that people have access to mental health services in a timely manner.
Canada is our biggest trading partner. It's a very long border.
The sweeping immigration reform legislation will help unite families, boost the economy, and bring millions out of the shadows and into our ...
I mean, and I think the reason is, is to narrow the achievement gap, I believe is the reason that we are having that.
It has become really worrisome, and I know a lot of these people--businesspeople in Vermont and others, and people who are tourists, members...
Please tell FEMA do not forget the little State of Vermont.
We included funds in the omnibus for hiring 2,000 new agents, and that is good.
I have enjoyed the times we have met and talked, including today when you talked about Barry Goldwater.
I will invite you to come to Vermont with me some time, not today. We are having about 20 inches of snow, and it is so bad that some of the ...
