"The brave men and women who leave their jobs to serve our country deserve our help finding good jobs when they return."
"I intend to do all that I can to bring it to the full Senate during this legislative period."
"The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs will come to order."
"As modern medicine is able to save more lives on the battlefield than ever before, VA is facing new challenges in adapting to the needs of the most seriously injured."
"Highly publicized failures of VA to deliver quality health care, and a lack of accountability at high levels for those failures, have impacted veterans' confidence in the system."
"I recognize the need and importance of ensuring appropriate oversight measures are in place for Federal contracts."
"I appreciate the opportunity."
"I have been a longtime opponent of REAL ID due to concerns about protecting individuals' privacy as well as the States' inability to implement the burdensome program."
"REAL ID calls on the States to collect and electronically store individuals' personal records when issuing licenses and to share that information with every department of motor vehicles (DMV) nationwi..."
"If REAL ID is implemented, these databases could provide one-stop shopping for identity thieves and become the backbone for a national identification card."
"We must act to fix REAL ID. States simply still cannot afford the $4 billion it would take to implement REAL ID."