Johnny Isakson

When a veteran, when an American citizen signs up in the United States military and commits themselves to a period of service...we are obligated as a nation to pay for those benefits.

The anger is going to get louder and the frustration deeper.

I have consistently said that any change in the process to improve it must include an acceleration in dealing with the 470,000 veterans whose claims are pending today at the VA.

I do not think anybody in this administration started out with a unanimous vote he received.

I look forward to working with you to see to it that we continue to provide the coverage that is necessary and experiment with ways to incentivize the program to meet the needs for our children in Georgia.

We need to work to see to it that the funding is there so we can have the same type of response the next time an outbreak takes place.

I was very surprised with the recent attack in Iraq by ISIS. Is that any evidence of an expansion or a change in their mode of operation?

In expanding ISIS's reach beyond where it is today in the Levant and Maghreb, it would take something like an enabler like North Korea or somebody else to really get them beyond the Middle East.

I think it was 2003, President Bush made a major speech to the country following the 9/11 disaster that we had in our country.

In the interest of bipartisan equity and at your request, Senator Blumenthal, let then record reflect...

When Senator Murray started her testimony--and I am sorry she is not here now--questioned pilot projects as maybe being a stalking horse for privatization or taking stuff out of the VA, it made me think of the movie 'Hidden Figures.'

Your information is of immense value to us in making the decisions we have to make.

I did not see a boogeyman. I did not see a problem. I saw an opportunity.

I would like to work with it as well and continue to do so on that.

The whole idea here is to improve the VA, not to get more care in the community.

None of us sitting at this table want to dissolve the VA, do away with VA health care, or close anything.

We are empowering the veteran and their care team to make those decisions rather than having arbitrary administrative roles.

This doctor, his doctor at the VA is the person that will ratify his decision to go to the private sector.

I echo all the--I endorse all the statements that you made.

I think it is very important we continue that.

I would really appreciate it, and time is of the essence in doing so.

I think I am correct, Senator Scott--is section 45 of the tax code, Production Tax Credits for Nuclear.

We were disappointed that there was no inclusion in the Corps of Engineers for any funding for the Savannah Port.

None of us in here wants to raise the cost of Social Security to anyone.

Sherrod Brown is the best one-question, 'yes' or 'no' asker I have ever seen in my life.