"Your only desire is to try and live as independently as you possibly can."
"Well, I appreciate that, but now I feel even worse for our three veterans sitting here, knowing that we didn't strap the rockets on this one then and get it going."
"It is critical that Congress conducts strict oversight into how this program is developed and implemented to assure that our Nation's servicemembers and veterans are well served."
"I look forward to listening to the testimony being presented today, and am encouraged that there will be future discussions and oversight on this matter as well."
"I agree with the Chairman that it is important that this Committee takes a look at the progress being made in implementing this legislation."
"I think your survey that you cited indicates that only 30 percent of Americans considered global warming a priority."
"When I first started talking about this issue, you know, it was only kids with penguin buttons that would come up and talk to me and it has really changed"
"There has been too little accounting for how this money has been distributed and how the taxpayer assistance is being spent."
"I think this trust that you get out of having the oversight, I don't think the American people are unsophisticated here."
"I believe that we need to do this, so that we can't just put our heads in sand and pretend that this isn't happening."
"I like the President's idea to put on the Internet, where these funds are being spent, the TARP funds."
"The time has come for us to harness innovation and ingenuity of the American people to develop long-term solutions to our energy crisis."
"I take great pride in that the President has stood behind this."
"When a young American raises their hand and pledges an oath to the Constitution to defend this Nation, they are immediately enrolled in the VA system."
"The time has come for us to harness the innovation and ingenuity of the American people."
"I am very much encouraged by the President's commitment in his budget outline to making gains on all these fronts."
"Thank you for the opportunity to come and express our support of the budget and some suggestions that we think will improve on."
"This is now three budgets in a row that have met the independent budgets of our veterans' service organizations in the care of our veterans."
