I think we should make it as simple as possible for people who are transitioning from active duty to veteran status to be able to access the information.

I particularly want to thank you for focusing on whether we are keeping our promises, as indicated in the hearing notice, to our women veterans.

I think just within VA, because of the small percent and the statistical minority of women, only about 7 percent out of the six million veterans that VA treats, it is always difficult and a challenge with women veterans.

Those are the women who are actually accessing the system. I have a feeling it might be a higher percentage.

We were very pleased that Under Secretary Hickey instituted it; really went back and looked and saw that those claims for MST-related conditions were being processed at a lower rate for PTSD.

Now, Secretary McDonald has said that he would like to eliminate homelessness in veterans by 2015.

I see that EIA projects that nationwide the U.S. will only achieve 18 percent renewable energy by 2040 if we continue our current policies.

I think there definitely is a connection between setting certain standards and the spurring of developments that would help us meet those standards.

I would say the countries we are dealing with in TPP--they would be much better off in the kind of system that we are promoting as opposed to dealing with a huge, powerful entity like China.

It will be a long time before China is ready to be in something like TPP, but I think the Chinese leaders see momentum behind it.

The Southeast Asian allies and likeminded partners are going to be key going into the future.

I would like to see the U.S.-Philippine relationship grow much, much stronger.