John Boozman

I think that would be really helpful, if--again, I am not saying that we are not doing a good job of that, and yet, I do think it is important to measure things.

I think we are all in agreement that when men and women put their lives on the line defending our country, they should not be subjected to the types of behavior we have seen in the past.

Our active duty servicemembers and their families should have the tools they need to make sound financial decisions.

I want to agree and I want to thank you and Ranking Member Burr for making it so that we can have this very, very important hearing.

I think one of the ways that we can do that, Mr. Chairman, is to make it such that--the statistic you gave--that 80 percent essentially are not aware of their rights with the law.

It is therefore appropriate for us to have public and private mechanisms in place to protect them from predatory lenders.

These violations are completely unacceptable.

As we seek to implement these programs, we must ensure that these programs empower servicemembers and do not restrict their economic freedom.

I can tell you firsthand, as you all know, people go off to war, families are left with kids, they are struggling back home, they are vulnerable, and we are not going to allow those people to be taken advantage of.

I think that is really what we lack more than anything, is just making the servicemember aware of the significant protections that they have.

This is something we should do. We should have this event so that both military and base civilian personnel and veterans could come in and talk with either a non-profit counselor or their financial services provider.

I think as we do a better job in telling our servicemembers--and I think particularly our commanding officers because that is where you go to when you are having a problem--making sure that they understand and that there is, you know, how…

It is really difficult, you know, if you do not know who to complain to and where to find enforcement.

Thank you all so much for being here and we really do appreciate your advocacy and hard work, again, protecting our servicemembers.

I think that is very, very important.

Reducing the bureaucracy, reducing the roadblocks so that we can get these projects done in a timely fashion.

I hope we can work together to manage sequestration as best we can for the Department.

Thank you and the Ranking Member Cochran for having this really important hearing.

We are concerned, the American public is concerned so it is good to have the discussion.

I am very proud to be here to support Timothy L. Brooks' nomination as United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.

I hope this Committee will support his nomination.

I am particularly pleased and, indeed, rather moved to introduce him to this prestigious Committee now that he has been nominated for a lifetime appointment on the federal bench.

The infrastructure is terrible throughout the country.

S.695 Veterans Paralympic Act of 2013

It makes no sense when you have no correlation to violent crime that these individuals--I understand if we are picking out people who are mentally impaired and we need to get much more aggressive in that regard, not only in this situation…