I just want to thank you for the extraordinary bravery of the Boston Police Department and all the law enforcement officers and first responders that were involved.

And so, therefore, when you query it, your men and women on the streets would not have that background even if they stopped that individual for a traffic stop, correct?

I feel very strongly about this.

I think we can do something about this. We should.

There should be a mandate somewhere that the Federal authorities have to share that with us so that we can properly defend our community.

So what we need to do is make sure--you hit it right on.

What this does is create a situation where many service-connected veterans with limited financial resources who would prefer to live in a medical foster home go to a nursing home institution instead

I want to talk to you about the Long-Term Veteran Care Choice Act and I think it is something that this Committee can certainly get behind and support

many more veterans would elect to receive care in a medical foster home should VA be granted the authority to pay for such care

I agree with your intent and I want homeless veterans to be in safe conditions.

I want to thank you, Dr. Thompson, and let me just say your qualifications are impeccable.

I would hope that in your new position we would not be asking questions of individuals that are not fully justified or necessary.

I think one of the things the report identified in it was that the costs of the decennial census rose from $8 billion in 2000 to $13 billion in 2010.

I would hope is for obviously every single question on this survey, that it be scrutinized very carefully.

So I think you're right that the Commission needs to address both of those things.

I agree with that. I mean, I think that is why we have the Daubert standard, that is why we have vigorous cross-examination.

It is the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the world, as people clean out all of our bank files.

I would argue that is a good thing, not a bad thing.