we believe it is a very high priority and it will fix so many of the small things that we talk about
the aim of the veterans' disability program should be rehabilitation, but the goal has not been met.
We are going to get to the bottom of this and we are either going to move forward or we will find another avenue.
I am trying to figure out, why did we do this?
Our philosophy of veterans' benefits must . . . be modernized, and the whole structure of traditional veterans' programs brought up to date.
I will only say to my colleagues and to those from the VA, I am not going to let this out of my teeth.
Is unduly restrictive . . . and inconsistent with current models of disability.
We are not provided this information. We are not going to be able to give you specific recommendations that you can act on?
The Chairman has been incredibly accommodating to me this morning. You stated that you felt that updating the ratings schedule was a very hi...
But to dig just a little bit deeper, are you at odds with the VA relative to the conclusion you have come to that there exists enough data t...
I think we all agree that the VA rating schedule is probably the cornerstone of the entire disability compensation system.
I hope if you, as chair of the Advisory Committee, see it as a high priority task, then I want to understand up front
And those options all require further study to refine, is sort of the way I interpret everything.
I think we're all concerned about cost and cost containment. And I think that that's a very big issue.
We needed better outcomes, we needed more investment to make sure that the outcomes of the American people were, in fact, better.
I have deep respect for Senator Harkin--debating tobacco. And at that point, the FDA was the only agency in the world that could regulate to...
I trust my colleague. He said our goal is to only get safe products to market.
I was serious months ago when I suggested to the service organizations, let's start with a blank sheet of paper.
