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The veterans homes approximate to my district seem to be very happy places, to be honest with you.

It is not--as opposed to outside things, which are, of course, excellent and good, but bring embedded with the VA creates mechanisms of continuity that aren't always there.

I think this is very smart.

Maybe we should make note of that here in Congress, as well.

I come from a military family. I understand the hierarchy; I understand the need for it.

With the appropriate attentiveness to this problem and the growing awareness, and the creation of infrastructure and policy to deal with this more directly, do you think that this is declining or is it still in a phase where we do not have…

I am Congressman Fortenberry from Nebraska and I am pinch-hitting for the chairman for a moment.

It is a, again, I think it is very consistent with what you are trying to do in terms of updating the VA.

I highly suggest that you do not use that term.

I want to unpack that a little bit more for the committee, just so that everyone understands how potentially transformative this could be.

The community has committed about $30 million to build upon the money that had been set aside for a new hospital.

I think we do need to find a bipartisan way forward on securing the border, but plus, find a better way to meet business concerns with immigration.

The aspiration to impartiality is just that--an aspiration.

I submit that most people would not find it mainstream to believe a person of one ethnicity or gender would reach a better conclusion than a person of a different ethnicity or gender.

The President nominates someone to serve on the Supreme Court, and we have the constitutional duty in the Article I branch of providing advice and consent.

When they see a final vote... if it is not something overwhelming... we will have in this body done something to further erode the public trust.

We need a more engaged public.

I hope that some of the folks on the other side of the aisle... will also speak out against the kind of reckless nonsense.