I really believe the greatest challenge for the VA is simple leadership.

I hope you will do everything you can to reach out to the veterans' groups.

I had a great deal of heartburn over the way that those agreements were signed here.

the goal of this administration is going to be more partners and fewer adversaries and to do so in a realistic way that still protects the interests of the United States.

Our military does great things, and I think you and I both feel strongly about that.

I commend you for doing this, but I do not think some of your other colleagues who have equal challenge, particularly with the Recovery Act funds, have put in place this same kind of oversight.

I share, like Senator Cardin, the belief that nuclear power has to be part of the mix.

We may have policy differences. We may have, I think equally on both sides of the aisle, concerns about some of the deficits.

I would argue that there needs to be some societal understanding that there is an individual responsibility to start planning for some level of long-term care when you turn 21 or turn 25.

At some point, in my mind, at least, it needs to be part of the discussion.

I would just make a comment that we would never have had a wireless system in this country without some governmental entity setting the standards.

Just to be clear again, so that if the Government came in with this recapitalization, they could then clear a secondary market of these securities.

I think what we are talking about is ways to get a co-investment with the Government and the private sector.

I for one think, you know, these are projects that are ready to go, and with the appropriate risk assessment...

I think you are going to find a lot of these programs you are going to want to continue, and even my colleagues that might not have supported the Recovery Act, they are going to want to make sure, as I, that we have real accountability…

We think and they have shown that increased patient satisfaction, increased family satisfaction, and, on average, cost savings north of $5,000 per person.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I apologize on the front end that these questions may have been addressed...

I have legislation pending about raising end-of-life issues, recognizing that 70 percent of Americans have no advance directives.