I do think VA needs to have some answers on that.

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

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 believe--and that is why I filed my bill, to encourage businesses and residential owners to rebuild, mitigate of course.

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

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…

When do you realistically estimate you will have a concrete plan to maximize this care coordination between DoD and the VA?

I like the concept of having a single point of contact so that injured servicemembers and veterans have a one-stop shop in which to go for assistance.

I'm therefore baffled at the President's appointee for the Director of American Institute in Taiwan...

It is offensive to me that the U.N. Relief and Work Agency, or UNRWA's, stated goal since its inception in 1950 is essentially to keep the Palestinian people in a refugee status.

We certainly would be looking for the most egregious ones, those that pose a threat to our National security.