I don't think there is a true appreciation of what these families are going through.

The fact is, parents focused on finding appropriate care for their kids will be less focused on their jobs.

I think you have heard from a number of us today about our dissatisfaction with what we have heard. I can just state for myself that we are going to fix this this year.

If we don't measure, if we don't have things that show, if we are not doing what the GAO says, if we don't have our own parameters and criteria and things that we intend to make, we are not going to get better.

As service members, I was willing to give up my life for my country, but families can't be afterthoughts in this process.

And I would say to you, Ms. Stevens, that we could solve a lot of our problems if we just take the Marine Corps model and implement it in every one of the services.

Why wouldn't you have family members serving on this advisory panel?

Are they sufficiently educated in their roles to provide advice, or are they basically just railway conductors sending people from one location to another?

It is not good enough to come here and make happy talk about how you want to be helpful.

Thank you for your continued advocacy and representation today. We appreciate your support.

When we were visiting in the Pacific Northwest, what kept coming up were the number of families with children with autism.

Schools are not following the law because they know they cannot follow the law and be allowed to get away with it.