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The Veterans Administration has been using telemedicine to reach out to veterans in rural areas who are struggling with substance abuse disorders or other behavioral health challenges.

Clearly, I think we have got to focus on issues as to why we are behind many other countries.

I think our goal is to try to create a society in which our people live long, healthy, happy, and productive lives.

This is an extraordinarily important hearing that you are holding today, and I appreciate your convening it.

I want to express my deep appreciation to all of our witnesses today.

I have seen that time and time again in talking with friends who are struggling or have children who are struggling.

I think that is really important.

We've all thought of conflict over a thousand years as armies against armies, navies against navies. But now with the advent of cyber warfare, the private sector is the front line.

This security clearance problem is a serious problem. It's a national security issue because in my view the biggest problem is lost opportunity.

If he gives me an order which doesn't meet that test, I have a duty to step up and resign and tell the world why I'm resigning.

I think his mercurial nature is impetuous. He has no sense of value for the rule of law.

I have said this on multiple occasions, going four years, five years ago, saying I thought that the former President was unfit to be Commander-in-Chief for the reasons I felt at that time were pretty evident.

I would hope that it would go without saying, but I am going to say it nevertheless, that each and every Member of this Committee is very concerned about sexual assault on campus.

America can function, can get things done. We can use bipartisanship to solve these challenges.

It is not close to adequate to meet the challenges that we are facing around the globe.

When you see the double digit increases for all of the civilian agencies, and then you get to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security and essentially see a cut, in real terms, is just our priorities are out of…

It jeopardizes our industrial base where we have only two yards building large surface combatants.

I authored an amendment included as Section 121 in last year's NDAA, which required certifications and reports from the Navy if it intended to deviate below the Large Surface Combatants called for in the Navy's 2016 Force Structure…