if the VA almost wants to--I mean, I do not want them to want to undermine the access to non-VA care

I think Ronald Reagan once said, there is nothing closer to eternal life than a government program.

information, I think, is important, as well.

it is almost a self-perpetuating failure----

We have to be careful that it is not overzealously enforced.

I certainly want to make sure we do not do things that hurt innovation and thwart new technologies.

I think those words, given twenty years ago at the infancy of the Internet, are today even more relevant as we look at the challenges and the issues that we continue to face as regulators and policymakers.

[A] top-down, preemptive approach is never the best policy and will only serve to stifle innovation.

If legislation drives technology, the technology will be outdated almost instantly.

I do not think there is a terrorist anywhere that could get into that building that they have got that houses those redundant steps.

SHRM greatly appreciates your leadership on this important issue and commends you for convening a hearing.

The rule will harm employers and employees alike.

I refer to this as the ambush election rule because it forces a union election before an employer has a chance to figure out what's going on.

Moving on the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge, it is a one of a kind tool to discover how materials and biology work.

If wind was mature in 2011, is it not even more mature today?

I think the NRC is ready to act on an application should it receive it.

2022 is the target date for completion of the mercury treatment facility.

I know Senator Feinstein, for example, would like to get used fuel out of California from closed plants to somewhere else.