"last week President Obama outlined a change in strategy to increase troops in Afghanistan by an additional 30,000"
"OK. Well, we have had experience in the past where the VHA has recognized the need for increased resources."
"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, we want to know from this Committee's perspective because th..."
"We are now ramping up and we have a number of folks coming home. It will impact next year's budget. It certainly will impact budgets in the out years, so we need to have an honest figure on that."
"I think it's critically important that we have transparency in drug pricing."
"We certainly want to make sure that, in the new healthcare reform bill, that that transparency is there."
"I certainly believe there's price-gouging going on, and we shouldn't have Federal agencies be the last to figure it out."
"I believe, now more than ever, that building a competitive and skilled workforce is the issue that will make or break us as a nation."
"We need to think more strategically about how we align our training needs with our larger economic goals."
"Helping workers and employers access the information and services needed to be competitive is a win for everyone."
"Earlier this week, we learned that nearly 330,000 people are unemployed and looking for work in Washington State."
"America's working families deserve nothing less."
