When I was in the House, I despised the Senate. When I'm in the Senate, we despise the House.

I didn't vote for the Budget Control Act for a number of reasons. The two primarily of importance today is a belief that across-the-board cuts don't establish priorities.

My understanding is that the American Legion, the National American Legion has been required by the IRS to provide tax identification numbers from every post across the country when they file their return, and that, they are incapable of…

I think the concern that exists is that the IRS audits continue, even though the tribes believe that the issues that are being audited are related to the general welfare exclusion.

I just, in fact, before I walked in this hearing, came from a meeting with VFW members who indicate that that circumstance is again occurring across the country.

One out of nine are structurally deficient. It is a serious problem.

This is not an issue of wealth. This is an issue of 32,000 jobs in Kansas related to the manufacturing of planes.

If there is a tribe that believes that they--that the audit is improper, how do they appeal the decision that they are being audited?

I just wanted to thank the Vietnam Veterans for their efforts in regard to toxic substances.

The American Legion has endorsed the legislative solution, and I appreciate that.

Them that's going, get in the wagon. Them that ain't, get out of the way.

I worry that we are setting the stage for another kind of scandal, similar to the one about the fake list.

It's 267 miles to Denver, 287 miles to Wichita, 287 miles to Omaha, and 100 miles to the nearest Community Based Outpatient Center (CBOC). I appreciate the perspective that this commander will bring about caring for all veterans regardless…

It is, can we implement this law, the Choice Act, in a way that sends a message to veterans...

It does not seem to me that the VA has adequately utilized ARCH as a pilot program to determine how best to now, in a sense, implement the Choice Act.

I was too trusting of some, and I accepted as accurate reports that I now know to be misleading.

If you are a veteran that lives within 40 miles of an outpatient clinic that does not provide a colonoscopy, that you ought to be able to get those services at home.

There needs to be logic to this. That is what bothers veterans, is there is a lack of logic across the board.