02/03/2009
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"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to certainly thank you for holding this hearing, and for your leadership on these pivotal issues that are so timely."
"I think the single most important thing that we can do right now is pass the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance provision in the NDAA."
"It is going to be a great start, but we definitely would be open to talking about other ways that we need to address this issue because it has been too long of an issue to have been ignored the way it..."
"I certainly agree 100 percent with the need for the basic needs allowance."