Why aren't we using the money that we are giving to China to help spur the U.S. economy and job growth at home?

Where the heck is Armed Services? We sit here and hold these hearings by ourselves, talking about DoD, and talking about they do not cooperate.

Somehow we are going to have to crack this congressional barrier between Armed Services and VA, get serious about this.

I repeat my earlier desire to work with members on both sides of the aisle to ensure America's veterans have access to the benefits and services that they deserve.

that they don't know. You don't know what the implications are to American companies until after you have implemented these policies.

if that is true, then I am going to work hard to change the direction because we are spending American taxpayer dollars irresponsibly on this program.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about jobs. Millions of Americans are hurting and in need of work. Our Nation's veterans have been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn. With Veterans Day approaching, it is heartbreaking to see…

I want to thank the witnesses also for their valuable testimony, and I want to thank you, the city of Detroit, for their hospitality.

I am interested in your assessment of National Level Exercise 11. What are the main lessons learned from the exercise?

I think one of the things that I have learned in this process is oftentimes when we start programs with good intentions, we find that we maybe are not going the way we thought we were going and we need to reassess.

I think this is one of the huge unheralded milestones we have in this country of resolving, I think once and for all, the issue of: How do we bring Active-Duty forces to the Governor in a way that does not duplicate or replicate what they…