"So when he says let us know if--and I will just add, we know your constraints in terms of what you might have requested and that goes up the chain and to OMB and what comes back to you after you have sent it up."
"Eventually the consequences are that you could end up having more and more moves toward privatization, more restrictions on the ability of the VA to fully serve the veterans."
"The potential economic impacts to south Florida cannot be understated, but it is more than just an infrastructure project."
"I hope to see a significant improvement, but I am doubtful."
"leadership needs to be part of solving this problem, and I do believe that with the cultural transformation that we have had..."
"That would not be a step in the right direction, in my opinion."
"This committee is led by a Texan and a Floridian, and I think we would say we are definitely pro air conditioning."
"I want to thank the five witnesses here today. Mr. Chairman, I think we have probably the newest minted collection of enlisted leaders that we have ever had at one time."
"I commend the Department for finally expanding its previously discriminatory IVF policy by now allowing eligible troops to access IVF regardless of their marital status or sexual orientation."
"I continue to hear concerns from the public that the speed of DoD's remediation efforts for PFAS contamination is far too slow."
"But if you fear being sexually assaulted no matter how good the conditions are in those barracks, then your quality of life needless to say is poor."