Letter dated February 1, 2017 to Hon. John Thune and Hon. Bill Nelson from Cal Dooley, President and CEO, American Chemistry Council.

give Congress an analytical office to review the costs and benefits of regulation like in Senator Klobuchar's SCORE Act.

I'd like to extend a thank you to Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson and this committee for passage of the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act last week to address these concerns.

A gentleman that led South Dakota, former Governor by the name of George Mickelson, used to say that things get done by people that show up.

Our friends on the other side of the aisle... have decided that this is a protest... their protest here by not showing up slows down the work of the Senate.

Would you commit, once again, your support to moving this from secondary payer to primary payer in the Veterans Choice Act?

I would like to talk about the Choice Act, and just reconfirm your thoughts about some directions we have got to go.

We stopped both of them.

Congress' intent was pretty clear and, in fact, not only has there been one court case on it, which went in favor of the veterans, there has now been an appeals case, which ruled that VA is wrong.

You are one of the guys that came in... with the intent of fixing and making things better for veterans.

I appreciate that and your interest in working with us.

The VA needs to find a way to pay for it.

We can do a much better job, and hopefully in a way that preserves the important elements of our regulatory environment.

I think this is a serious issue, and I certainly, and I think Members on both sides take it seriously.

Letter dated January 31, 2017 to Hon. John Thune and Hon. Bill Nelson from Ken Wasch, President, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

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