I think it is--those that have met Eric understand the challenges he has gone through.

Is there a significant difference between the word 'may' and 'shall' from a legal standpoint?

I am disappointed that the VA has not taken a position on this.

I hope you understand, these are significant things that we need to know the numbers on if, in fact, we suggest--and I think your testimony suggests that the way the VA currently has it structured is working.

The Department of Justice administers the Brady Bill.

Listen, this is not the first time I have been on this cabbage truck, and it has been in Republican Administrations and now it happens to be a Democratic Administration and the likelihood is your testimony sat at OMB, and OMB ignored the…

I ask my colleagues for their support on S. 669 so that we can right what I think is a tremendous wrong.

We must provide our veterans with the due process granted to every other citizen.

One of the bills on the agenda that I feel passionately about is S. 669, the Veterans' 2nd Amendment Protection Act.

It is very important and possible that we will have two appropriations for VA enacted this year, the first for 2010, the second for 2011.

I want to go on the record in terms of my commitment to those individuals--and this is my favorite expression, Mr. Chairman--that allow us to do what we do because they did what they did in protecting this country and fighting for us.

This assessment of our veterans is not only misguided, it is an absolute insult to every one of them.

I believe our veterans are being unfairly targeted.

I am pleased to see that legislation I introduced to create a voluntary dental insurance benefit for all veterans and survivors of veterans enrolled for care at VA is on the agenda.

I will never complain to you about the volume of what we are trying to undertake in this Committee, I will assure you.

The practice of stop-loss, or involuntarily keeping soldiers on Active Duty beyond the end of their obligated active service, would come to an end by March 2011.

What impact will the increase in the end strength of the Army have on dwell time?

In your opinion, will the Army's share of a residual force of 35,000-50,000 in Iraq continue to be a significant strain on the Army's ability to restore their balance?