Susan Davis

If I had more money, I would put it into lethality, not bureaucracy.

You and Congresswoman Speier, Chairwoman Speier, have been two of the most leading--I think the earliest voices on this, and your leadership has meant so much to the survivor community.

The few individuals who have been assigned to help out victims were treated so poorly.

It is a result of that, so I think we have to continue, you know, to go beyond that.

I would continue to be unconvinced of the value of low-yield nuclear weapons as part of our arsenal.

If a service member were to change from Category I to Category II, would he or she receive official notification of this?

According to the briefing slides provided by the Department, those members of the National Guard and Reserve performing Category II active service would receive different rates of Basic Allowance for Housing depending on the duration of…

Thank you very much. Thank you to all of you. Your testimony was very helpful.

Registered Apprenticeships are a valuable tool in our effort to help more Americans get the skills they need to compete in the modern economy.

I know through my conversations that there is strong bipartisan support for apprenticeships.

I think there has been some confusion. And as you are talking about the need to really, you know, focus more on national security needs, of course, and readiness, you know, that raises the question of why we are not trying to really answer…

I appreciate the bipartisanship and the sensibility that I saw during this committee funding resolution process.

I think that there is this disconnect that we are talking about where, if we could see that as a transition that is not unlike some other possibilities...

But what we are looking at is the possibility that that will change and that those individuals then would not be able to go on and serve their country...

I think generally speaking the transition was much smoother than people thought.

I had the great honor actually to chair this subcommittee throughout Don't Ask, Don't Tell...

We can change the whole perception of the general public, I think, through trying to come up with a better way.

It is not the small donors that people mistrust; it is the large ones.

I am really kind of shocked by those comments. It is judge and jury by innuendo.

I just wanted to go back to the question that I asked earlier, if we can think of any excuse that would be acceptable.

The FEC is a completely failed agency.

Well, I appreciate your response, and I think that we know that we have to do a far better job in being able to see through what is going on, and I think we have that experience now.

I think that they were not open.

We are certainly willing, and hopefully we will be able to come to agreement on some of the amendments.

It is important that that not be permitted.