"I think that this is something that is very important. The last Administration I would say, dropped the ball on their ability to fully implement those regulations in a way that would have helped us an..."
"I think we all agree with that and look forward to seeing you implement a real change of culture and heart."
"I have always said that we need a VA Secretary who will be honest about what our veterans need and have the backbone to stand up and ask for it."
"We want it not to be business as usual. We want to not hear just about a bureaucracy, but about a people organization."
"I am hopeful that we don't see from this administration those kinds of proposals for increased copays and fees."
"Yes. One issue I wanted to bring to your attention quickly is the issue of suicides and suicide prevention..."
"Telling the truth about the needs is part of what builds confidence in veterans."
"this Senate has turned down those requests every time, so if you want an honest budget, it might be better to come to us without those in them."
"Obviously, from a scientific perspective, this outcome would be unacceptable to us in the State of Washington and, I think, to the whole Northwest and probably to the entire country if they were more ..."
"The mantra of the last 8 years has been No Child Left Behind. I would like to see that changed so that every child has the skill we need."
"But would you support increasing the Hanford funding? It may need as much as $2 billion over the next 4 years to meet that cleanup schedule."
"Fear."
"We have a moral and a legal obligation--I wish we did not, but we do--to clean up those sites."
"Making sure that we empower our local communities to provide a pathway for all of our students to the careers of tomorrow is extremely important."
"It is tremendously important that we have somebody at the head of this agency who is really going to tackle a lot of issues to get this country back on track."
"I wish it was in someone else's, but it is not. And I am responsible, as we all are, for making sure we fund that."
"In this time of economic turmoil, I can think of no better way to improve our economy and maintain that competitive edge for the coming decades than investment in skills for our students today to make..."
"If we can use this time to get significant funding in there to reduce the size of those sites, it will be cost effective in the future."
