"We would like to get our government to be functioning--a healthcare website that is functioning."
"If we are focused on reducing spending, let's do it in a way that saves us in the long run."
"Thank you for holding this hearing today on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, or NEHRP, an unfortunate acronym for an important program."
"Improving access to mental health services in the VA is something I have a deep and committed interest in and while I am not a member of this Committee there is no place I'd rather be this morning."
"I look forward to continuing to work with you to make these issues, to resolve these issues and to make things right with the veterans that the VA sees."
"These are insights that only you have and so it has been very valuable to us."
"It takes a lot of courage to do what you are doing, and I just want to say thank you for that."
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated an..."
"I would like to join up and be part of this conversation."
"One of the things that has been most surprising to me about the Federal Government is the rigidity with which they observe this scoring."
"I urge you to fully fund our Nation's science and technology initiatives."