I'm pleased to see that the committee is considering the San Juan Island National Conservation Area Act that I've worked...
They are going to have to change some state laws to actually make this rational.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to shift the questions just a little bit or the issues you have been dealing with here.
Unless they do, you're saying there's nothing that protects them in the future?
if a soldier is afraid to reach out, if they feel that their professional military career will be hurt, we're trying to ...
we want to make sure that everything is appropriate.
I am concerned as the Army begins to downsize by 80,000 soldiers over the next 5 years, how these soldiers will transiti...
the Congress has been pushing you to move forward for years on this effort, we passed legislation that you voted for as ...
No one, no one should be denying any servicemember care purely because of a question of cost.
we want to make sure that where this was inappropriate, it was an isolated case.
It's really disconcerting, after 10 years, to find now that that has not been the case.
It is making sure that those men and women get the care that they receive.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), in my home State of Washington, is facing some very real questions on the way they have...
We want our troops home. We want the Afghan people back in charge of their own security, back in charge of their own gov...
Being in a better position in Afghanistan is still finding yourself in a very difficult spot.
I look forward to your testimony and insights into the challenges and way forward in Afghanistan.
If there is one demonstrable historical truth, it is that foreign forces in Afghanistan are destabilizing over time.
It is my belief that it is time to lean forward on transitioning the responsibility for security to the Afghan National ...