"Your perspective and your views have always been very important to us, and particularly as we have been engaged in the health care reform discussion."
"We did address retirement reform as well as several other commission recommendations in the NDAA."
"I think, Dr. Kelly, you are suggesting that having the community engaged in the activities is very, very valuable."
"As we know, each year, over 100,000 service members transition out of Active military service back into civilian society."
"It is difficult to find that appropriate balance between the acquisition cycle time, and risk."
"the leverage that we have and whether we use it or we don't, the conditionality, I think these are things that the public responds to."
"I am very pleased that the subcommittee is continuing to work to help prevent suicides in the military."
"the Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act (SOS Campus Act)"
"I know that you care deeply that we continue to fund this at higher rates. We absolutely cannot fall behind the global community in how we address science and innovation."
"I know that, you know, I would love to see that. I would love to see that nationally. I think that this makes sense."
"I think that young people who are not really able to get the nutrition they need in the summertime, they are going to lose out by not being in school to begin with and this exacerbates that problem."