I look forward to learning about what you're trying to do to control this problem, and I appreciate the hearing.
I hope that this hearing will lead us to a better understanding of the factors that military organizations and families can positively influ...
This is one subcommittee, I think, that has really gotten the spirit of what we're all about here and tried to be as nonpartisan as possible...
I think it's a cumulative effect of deployments that run from 12 months to 15 months.
What brings us here is the spike in suicides.
Do you believe there's a shortage of mental health counselors in the military?
The Army's suicide rate has doubled from 2004 to now.
I think the critical--it is the recognition that we see increasingly throughout the country that part of what fuels this violence in Mexico ...
I was very encouraged and excited after our meeting that we can contribute to what I think is an important dialog when it comes to the war o...
I think it is a wise investment in these economic down times that we live in here at home.
I do think that we will get it stabilized and we'll see the recession coming to an end probably this year. We'll see recovery beginning next...
We've seen some progress in financial markets, absolutely. But until we get that stabilized and working normally we're not going to see reco...
the financial system must be regulated, to quote him, "as a whole, in a holistic way,"
Any new systemic risk authority should rely on the information assessments and supervisor and regulatory programs of existing financial supe...
Would you feel that way about social security? Why should a social security recipient be entitled to paid representation and a veteran not?
I think we need to think in terms of long-term security interests and Iraq could become a very stable partner in the future.
As a matter of fact, to me it is a very disturbing event that could really send the wrong signal to the wrong people at the wrong time.
I would really encourage you to do that because there are a lot of teaching hospitals, university hospitals, private organizations that serv...
