Tulsi Gabbard

This is one of the few places where things happen fast, right, Mr. Chairman?

We should do all that is within our power to make sure the transition from servicemember to veteran and civilian is seamless.

The small investment we make--historically, just one percent of our budget--is critical in preventing the need for military interventions across the globe.

Reductions in defense spending must be responsible and cannot come at the expense of our military readiness.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity and we cannot ask the least among us to solve our nation's fiscal crisis.

My testimony today is guided by the principle that deficit reduction should not increase unemployment and poverty, nor harm the disadvantaged.

It will be vital to maintain the funding for GME payments as we continue to prepare our next generation of doctors who can offer reasonable and accessible health care through the Affordable Care Act.

I represent the 2nd Congressional District in Hawaii which as we have seen through the last couple of launches, experts have testified that Hawaii along with some of our northwestern states are within range, within missile range of North…

Please do hear the resolve from my colleagues talking about robust action, not rhetoric...

I have met with some of the folks on the ground there who, as all of us are concerned about continued shortages in manpower and labor.

It is obviously an issue of concern for us as we look forward to kind of keeping a close eye on this as it develops.

More importantly, something that really annoyed me, Senator, some of these veterans have actually been attacked and assaulted going or coming on that one-mile walk.

I believe that, collectively and creatively, we can find a way to span a distance of one mile and get them a shuttle.

The bottom line shared up front, is that the DOD and the VA need to work together to think outside the box.