OK, good. I look forward to hearing about your progress and what we can do to help.
I want to congratulate you on your nomination and applaud you for your willingness to take on this challenging and rewarding job.
Mr. Chairman, I look forward to supporting this nominee, and hopefully we can move him quickly through the process once we have the Committe...
The VA is an organization of people and those in leadership will shape the culture of the organization.
last week President Obama outlined a change in strategy to increase troops in Afghanistan by an additional 30,000
We need you to be candid. If between the Congressional Budget Office and elsewhere it gets reduced from where you all think it ought to be, ...
OK. Well, we have had experience in the past where the VHA has recognized the need for increased resources.
One of his top priorities is to transform the VA into a truly 21st century organization.
I can guarantee that once you are there, you will be hearing a lot from me.
I sincerely hope that, if confirmed, you will work to promote an open and proactive approach to relations with Congress.
This tendency to downplay problems does the VA a serious disservice.
If the President is serious about reducing carbon emissions, he would support increased American uranium development.
In the end, this decision will move our economy backward, not forward.
This decision, which would lock up 40 percent of our country's uranium supply, will cost American jobs.
I certainly believe there's price-gouging going on, and we shouldn't have Federal agencies be the last to figure it out.
We certainly want to make sure that, in the new healthcare reform bill, that that transparency is there.
I think it's critically important that we have transparency in drug pricing.
Thank you and thank you for that endorsement. I worked very hard to get that into the economic recovery package.
