"He, too, has behaved outrageously in response to these scholarships that were awarded to people who worked with his wife."
"Yes. VA and DoD are on target to meet the September 30, 2009, 'full interoperability' target mandated by the FY 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1635."
"I think we need to be real careful here, but I also think we need to use this as an incentive with the leadership to remind them, relative to these most important Americans, the men and women who put ..."
"And I hope that you will remember always the importance of this legislative prerogative. And it is not just a prerogative. It is a requirement."
"So you make a great point, but just because the Congress has not done its job funding programs in a timely manner doesn't mean you have to go and change the constitutional process of annual oversight ..."
"I thought I would ask that since we have the counterpart at the table."
"But it seems to me that this is a much bigger problem than the Department of Defense is recognizing."
"Let me thank all of you for your service. Particularly let me thank Secretary Eastin, who I understand will be ending his service very shortly."
"What can we do? It seems as if the responsibility here is almost a matter of finger-pointing from one agency to another."
"It seems as if the Department of Defense has a moral responsibility to these communities, to help them accommodate the needs of our warfighters and their families when it comes to school construction."
"I am very frustrated. And the communities that are being upsized are very frustrated."