"Who is piggybacking us, though? Because we want people piggybacking the United States of America, not piggybacking Russia, or piggybacking China."
"If we don't have the heavy polar icebreakers, then we have to rely on others to do that sort of thing."
"Thank you for your inquiry and your interest in cyanobacteria and the management of Lake Okeechobee."
"By opening up this office, my staff and I get to see week in, week out, the daily operations of our VA facility."
"I was happy to be the first through this door, and the lesson that we learned about the process of opening this congressional office in the VA should be simplified and institutionalized."
"I truly believe that every Member of Congress should at least have the opportunity to open an office in their local VA."
"They know that their Representatives and their Members of Congress and their government cares."
"When common threads or issues surface, I address it immediately with the hospital administration."
"I also believe that our veterans have to know that we care about things before they really care what it is that we know about the issues that we have to deal with."
"My commitment, as I believe every commitment--every Member of this Committee has the same commitment--is to help the end user of the VA be served every single day with dignity and honor that they have..."
"The more present that Members of Congress are, the better quality of service that our veterans can receive."