"It is an honor to be joined by my friends and colleagues to discuss their bills."
"I look forward to working with Chairman Flores on combining our bills, I believe they are complementary, with regard to the Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act."
"I find it unfortunate that the VA has not completed this system and want to know when and how they plan to do so."
"Thank you, Chairman Flores. Good afternoon. I would like to thank everyone for joining us and to thank the witnesses for taking time to testify and answer our questions."
"I support my colleagues' bills that aim to improve the lives of our veterans and of the nine pieces of legislation I have sponsored two bills which seek to help our veterans attending college."
"SVA stands behind Rep. Takano on H.R. 4147 to pursue the upgrade of information technology infrastructure necessary to support the education benefits claims of veterans as they seek higher education."
"The VFW supports Rep. Takano's Bill to commission a report to Congress on the status of VA's education IT systems."
"The VFW supports Rep. Takano's goal to report on the efficacy of peer-to-peer support services for veterans in higher education."
"The stated purpose of H.R. 4031 is to hold senior level employees accountable by allowing the Secretary of the VA to terminate Senior Executives 'in the same manner as the removal of a professional st..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling this hearing to review these bills."
"we know far too little about the experiences of student veterans in higher education."