Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 5, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., in room 328A of the Russell Senate Office Building, to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 5, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 5, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on May 5, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 5, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., in room SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 5, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-406…

How do I respond to them when they ask me why they are being made to feel as if they are law breakers?

But there seems to be a breakdown in terms of the attitude of who knows best.

For an easement violation you would send an armed officer in a flak jacket?

I really have a question as to whether or not they ought to be doing the construction, because I did not see where they brought a heck of a lot of expertise to the projects that they are doing.

to really help put a model in place, a new operating model to transform the VA from one that takes the best of the private sector and the best of what we do.

I think it is important that we help and then employ our veterans that need it the most.

There has been a discussion already about data integrity and the fact that the Acting Inspector General now has testified that the Inspector General's office cannot trust VA self-reported data showing a reduction of the backlog of…

You are going to need a plan. Would you commit that you will bring back to this Committee a plan for putting this in order?

I would concur with the Chairman and the Ranking Member with regards to the Choice program.

I think when we spoke with Secretary McDonald and also Deputy Secretary Gibson, we mentioned that we understand that they walked into, literally, a very deep pond with a lot of gators in it.

Helping these men and women find opportunities in which they can use their military skills and training as they transition into a civilian life is something the VA has been working on.

I think this is like a swamp filled with gators. Every time you try to drain it, you have one more gator biting someplace that you do not like.