"As a new Member to the Committee, I will probably have some very naive questions."
"I think it is a great idea. I mean, we do it in Alaska with our judicial system."
"Fifty percent of those that go through the mediation process, since we started in April, are being remanded without the actual judicial review."
"What I am looking for is a three-stage approach in what would be those realistic short-term ideas that we can move forward on."
"We would be foolish not to deploy that for the benefit of our veterans who want to use it and know it."
"I like that idea of asking each one of them to prepare a process if you had a clean slate how it would flow."
"I think it would be great to have three plans, but for the Senate to decide on one, let alone three, the backlog will get done quicker."
"I think there is a great service they provide, but they have major systematic problems, that delivery of service is pretty limited."
"I happen to think it's important. I think that having a layered defense such as we are building, that includes the ground-based interceptors, is very important."
"If you ever get an opportunity to move to a 2-year budgeting cycle, I would be a big, big supporter."
"We have yet to muster and coordinate the various legal policies, medical and budget resources across the DOD to address these types of injuries."