We cannot overstate the importance of our work.

If I am confirmed, what I would like to do is to make sure that the Congress and DOD see the relationship as not adversarial, but as working together toward a common goal.

If confirmed, each of you will face, without question, enormous challenges in DOD.

I feel that the men and women of the Pacific Command have maintained a remarkable level of stability.

As upsetting as such mistakes are, the public's trust in VA comes from its willingness to disclose those errors.

Thank you, and for the record, can you please report back to the Committee with a preliminary plan of action within 60 days?

The only way we can do in America what we do is because you all have done what you all did--protecting us and this country and giving us this quality-of-life.

Every organization needs an unquestioned leader and I am anxious to have you assume that role at VA as soon as feasible.

I want to say aloha and welcome to you, Ms. Duckworth.

As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the Federal Workforce of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I am committed to making far greater use of telecommunicating opportunities…

I hope that you know that we will be supporting you in your efforts to make this Agency all it can be to support the veterans that served this country so very, very well.