04/29/2009
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"The budget request would undermine the Board of Prison's ability to maintain suitable, modern facilities."
"I think that the House is trying to force our hand to try to do things."
"I have never had a Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, this or previous, that ever asked for a little bit of delay in a congressionally mandated timeframe. So we will hold--we will try to..."
"We want to make sure the legislation is written in a way that does not cause a veteran who is toxically exposed and entitled to benefits to be delayed in receiving those."