I agree with all of you that timely, predictable, sufficient budgets are absolutely essential.
I am in full agreement with the goals of providing VA a timely, predictable, and sufficient budget.
They expect us to leave politics aside when we act on their behalf, and I am committed to work with the Chairman and all the Committee Membe...
Congress can, tomorrow, determine that we are going to do an advance budget for VA, and we have the power to do that.
I think that the plans that General Odierno has drawn up for consolidating our forces... I have great confidence in the plans that he has dr...
It certainly seems like something that we need to work together on, because with these huge numbers of vacancies it's certainly posing probl...
Do you believe that we're doing all we need to do in order to ensure that the remaining troops are secure?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to point out for the committee members--and it gets at the heart of what I think all our panelists have said--that when we start to g...
I think in all the testimony it was a very comprehensive approach to how we solve obesity.
I think the Community Care program which we'll be hearing about is a model that I'm hoping that the rest of the country will take serious no...
This waiver when granted offers an opportunity for North Carolina to save $1.4 billion over the next 5 years.
I think it's a shocking number and I think they need to hear it.
I join you in welcoming all of our guests and thank them for taking the time out of their busy schedule to travel to Washington to share wit...
One of the issues that we've done in North Carolina is to take the transfat out of the school lunches.
I think that succeeding in Afghanistan requires partnership built upon the strong relationships that we have with the Afghan Government, nat...
I believe that the stability of Afghanistan is dependent upon the stability of Pakistan.
We need to enable the Pakistan army and the Frontier Corps with the capacity and capability to conduct sustainable direct action missions.
