I think we should use the full measure of our resources--information, diplomatic, others--to bring that to people's attention and hold them accountable for the actions that they are perpetrating.

Changing the culture is a big job, and partly it will impact the ability to fill VHA open positions.

This public health hurricane is undermining the recruiting effort insofar as it diminishes the quality of people who are available to fight in our military.

I am just a country lawyer from Connecticut.

Will you commit to being an advocate of it? Because I think it will take advocates in a time of increasingly threatened fiscal resources and a very expensive commitment that is necessary to being an advocate of it.

I think, frankly, we should continue to try to expose Iran for the role they are playing in fomenting other things that are happening in the region.

I want to thank the chairman for his work on the suicide issue. He and I worked on a bill called the Clay Hunt Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill.

The inventory of appeals at the VA has skyrocketed to 440,000.

I am not advocating arbitrary deadlines.

the remedies for delay may well be that the veteran receives what his claim is because he is the one who is prejudiced.

if a backlog were cleared simply by moving that great mound of work to the appellate process where appeals languish for years and years and years, it would not be regarded as a success story.

Today is an important hearing because the VA is at a real milestone turning point.

Specifically, what legislative changes are necessary?

I want to emphasize how important Senator McCain's comments are to all of us who are engaged actively in our States in this war against an epidemic.

I've continuously condemned Iran's ongoing ballistic missile program for ignoring its international obligations under the U.N. Security Council resolutions.

But they may be nowhere near the amount of benefits that they deserve and need.

I have seen news of your colleague, NY Senator Chuck Schumer, trying to address this issue.

I do see that while at one time ticket scalping was illegal in CT, as of 2007, that changed due to the incompetence of former Gov. Jodi Rell.

I'm hoping that you can help address this issue as well.

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