Steve Buyer: “I know from my tenure on the Armed Services Committee that you are a man of principle and you are a man that reflects…”

I made some mistakes. We should have indexed the premiums on TRICARE for the gray area retirees.

Reclaiming my time, when we marked up the bill in the committee, I raised very pertinent issues. I sought to work with the author of the bill. She had no interest in working out an amendment on the language. I thought what would happen is…

I only wish your conference had made you chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, I really do, because you and I could have done a lot of great things together. In reality, the unwritten history will be the success of the committee…

Corrects a politically motivated prosecution