I hope that the next time that we meet we will be discussing our mutual joy and success at coming up with significant legislation for the Veterans Administration.

I remain committed to doing exactly that. Our veterans, on Memorial Day, deserve a new VA set of standards and the hope of accountability that is meaningful and real.

The accountability piece is kind of the linchpin for me, and I have harped on it the most.

Our goal is to have an omnibus bill that this Committee, Democrat and Republican alike, agrees to.

This, in turn, will ensure veterans will be able to get the timely, quality health care they've earned.

I believe the American people expect, and I believe that the veterans of America expect, there to be an accountability mechanization that they understand.

The chairman and I went to Darfur 5 years ago, if I am not mistaken.

We always brag about them, but we never have a chance to point one out because they are always somewhere overseas.

I want to underscore your comments and those of the ranking member on the need for us to reauthorize the State Department again.

I am not a lawyer. I am a politician. I was a businessman before I was elected to the Senate. I watched with interest the debates since the death of Antonin Scalia about what the Senate and country should do in terms of filling its…

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It is probably the best buy we have got in the entire budget for peace and security.