I think it's something--to me, it's just a no-brainer.

We do need to look and make sure that--I say the good drug courts are returning that.

If we had the same sort of casualty rate overseas, with young people dying as a result of some sort of situation we were in, as far as a war, there would be a tremendous uproar.

I will be advocating on behalf of these Children's Advocacy Centers.

I really do wish you'd get a task force together.

We do need to have standards and make sure that they're doing things appropriately.

I think it's something--to me, it's just a no-brainer.

If we had the same sort of casualty rate overseas, with young people dying as a result of some sort of situation we were in, as far as a war, there would be a tremendous uproar.

The only thing that I would like to do, Madam Chair, is I ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter to the Administrator that is signed by every minority member.

I very much appreciate the importance of the discussion going on, but I would like to talk about another very important issue that is facing us. One of the biggest problems our country faces at the current time is one Washington has…

I really hope that we can look at that. Congress has really not bought into that in the past.

I think there is a significant decrease in the budget in that regard.

Climate change is one of the most significant global threats we face and addressing it is an urgent imperative.

I think you called this the most successful foreign assistance program ever.

I want to thank you with helping us with the Merchant Marine Academy.

I would appreciate you looking at those and see if we can get some resources to continue the great program that was started with the Eisenhower administration.

I think our country is really being blessed with a lot of Transportation Secretaries that have done a tremendous job.

We do not want to have some arbitrary cutoff date when science tells us that you have gone as far as you can go.

We appreciate all of you all's hard work for our veterans.

There should not be an arbitrary line drawn that says we cannot help this individual anymore.

Well, really both, in the sense it is one thing to go home, with restored function as best we can do; it is another thing to go home and be somewhat integrated into society but not fully integrated.

We can work hard and work hard on our making sure that the veterans have the benefits that were promised.

This really is a huge problem, and it is not just with VA.

The trouble is, though, you cannot--this is something that if we are going to be short on physicians 5 years from now you cannot decide 3 years from now that you are going to do something.

Right now, we are losing an average of 22 a day, which is 8,000 a year, and that is far too many.