"We have been through a long hearing here without the word 'dementia' coming up, and it seems to me that that is going to be a growing part of your delivery of services as veterans age."
"It is penny-wise and pound-foolish."
"We have got enormous staffing problems, and to say you have got to have a certain--it seems to me that opens up liability questions."
"Because every day you can keep a veteran in their home they are happier and the system is saving money."
"Our veterans should not suffer because of the delay in issuing these regulations."
"We pay for illness, not wellness."
"We are not serving veterans if a home closes because they cannot meet the staffing standards because they cannot find the people. Let us get real here."
"The American Society of Civil Engineers identify severe weather as the predominant cause of customer outage."
"Well, we have got to make decisions here as to--this hearing is about delaying the retirement. I want to know how long and how that relates to the rest of the risk."
"we have to talk about permitting reform in a reasonable period of time to get things done."
"FERC should have more responsibility in terms of gas pipelines and reliability and cyber protection."