"Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for the opportunity to attend your meeting and speak at this hearing."
"I think these small improvements to HOS regulations will provide many in the trucking industry much-needed relief."
"I am opposed to any proposal that would separate the Great Lakes from the CAWS as a way to prevent the migration of Asian Carp."
"Ensuring children get safely to and from school every day should be a top priority."
"I think in practice, that doesn't always occur. And so having some sort of legislation that would actually protect veterans would be very helpful."
"I think the suicides that we have all witnessed on VA campuses, in my mind, is a cry for help."
"As you know, a 2018 VA OIG report found that 49 percent of military sexual trauma-related claims were incorrectly denied."
"There is no question that the time to act is now."
"I can think of no better group of witnesses to kick off this committee than the young leaders sitting before us today."
"You will be the first to break through these silos, so we are all counting on you."
"If they are not here today it is really very hard to have any confidence or trust that VA is doing what they should be doing."