How big of a problem is currency manipulation and what steps are we doing to limit its impact?

Because that moon contains at least two to three times more salt water than there is on Earth.

I am very pleased to see that the budget request does acknowledge that.

That decadal survey is a good road map for the next 10 years.

We in the Congress included in the 2016 bill, created an Ocean Worlds program for that reason.

I recognize it is still 1 percent of our total spending.

accountability is the single most important thing we must accomplish, in my judgment, on this Committee and within the VA itself.

we depend very heavily on what you have to say and your active participation as we all work together for the best benefit of our veterans.

we really want to try to take action by the end of March and have a consolidation of bills put together that give flexibility of direction and the flexibility the Secretary needs to have accountability within the VA.

Let us not let another year go past by kicking the can down the road. Let us make the reforms necessary to get the VA straightened out.

I would appreciate your checking on that and being sure.

the Secretary needs some tools in his toolbox he does not have, and one of them is getting this whole backlog straightened out.

I would suggest you check that out.

We cannot continue to do what we are doing now, which is have a backlog of claims at almost half a million, some 25 years old that continue to build up.

That may be the biggest problem of all. We have got to correct that.

If the other eight of those ten are doing as good a job as those two are, we are going to be in much better shape at the VA.

I think for a generation, Europe has looked to the United States to be the big brother.

I think it is important for our veterans to have accountability in the system to make sure if they have an appeal, that it is justified and is heard.