If 80 percent of my friends and I agree, that's enough for me.

I appreciate the Chairman's willingness to visit with us so often, and explore areas of concerns with regard to our economy and monetary policy.

I cannot overstate the importance of this trend for our men and women in the workforce.

I cannot overstate the importance of this trend for our men and women in the workforce, and appreciate Chairman Greenspan's continued optimism in the American economy.

We do not want to see you or our grantees all tied up in lawsuits.

They, however, should not expect to face the danger of inadequate medical care services when they return from duty.

I am concerned that our colleague, in his zeal for cost, is talking about reducing grants to volunteers.

VA medical care is a top priority again of this committee.

These budget proposals were unacceptable last year to the Congress and I can almost certainly assure you they are unacceptable again this year.

I want to be on the record that I really support faith-based initiatives.

I wish we were being as hard as corporate potentates as we are being on our volunteers.

Church and State should be separated, but should not be divided or adversarial.

I told Senator Mikulski I felt like we were in the movie 'Groundhog Day' because our main VA-HUD priorities are underfunded year after year and this year is no exception.

We should not be balancing our books on the backs of veterans.

I applaud your ability to keep interest rates down while the President's tax relief creates liquidity in our monetary system.

The Nation's economy is on the right track, jobs are being created and people are going back to work.

This is a result of the economic growth tax relief package that was signed into law in June 2001, and renewed in May 2003.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, our Nation is helping to rebuild schools and hospitals, water supply systems and roadways.