I am trying to figure out how to get the VA to get some things done that do not seem to be getting done.

I do not want to have any, you know, let me put it that way, that I want to have some strict definitions of what is going on there so that we can actually hold people accountable and not slip out, if you understand what I mean.

Such inaction is intolerable where the care and services provided to our veterans is concerned.

I truly appreciate everyone being here and your comments today.

I just do not like the fact that people, managers of a project, that do not respond to an IG report for over a year.

Shouldn't we have those IG reports have some teeth to them?

I think that identifying the person in charge of that program is important because when we have these people before us, it is never the actual person that was in charge that actually appears here.

On behalf of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), I would like to extend our gratitude for being given the opportunity to share with you our views and recommendations regarding these important pieces of legislation.

I understand what you are thinking, but I am trying to find the best way to do this too. How do we hold the VA accountable? How do we get people to actually produce?

IAVA believes that all veterans must have access to quality health care and related services.

Well, I certainly appreciate your time this morning, gentlemen. I am looking forward to working with you on this legislation moving forward.

Well, as a member of that rural economy, as a child, the people that would come up to the Upper Peninsula from the Detroit area and the big city, those guys would just love their opportunity to get to the woods and it was a real economic…

Nothing in this Act shall affect or modify management or use of units of the National Park System.

Congressman Benishek has added language to H.R. 1825 making that crystal clear.

I don't see anybody disenrolling from VA. Why would anybody want to disenroll from the VA? I mean certainly not to get on Medicaid.

I think there needs to be some sort of an incentive program for producing a goal that you get or a disincentive program that if you do not make it.

While we are right to focus this week on passing a budget that puts our country back on a responsible economic path, I rise today to remind my colleagues that it has been over 6 months since four Americans, including our ambassador, were…

Republican Dan Benishek of the U.S. House; and both Democratic U.S. Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow.

EPA over-reached their authority on this project in at least five different ways to kill County Road 595.

I think my time has expired. Thank you very much, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing today, and I want to also thank Mr. Jim Iwanicki from my district in Northern Michigan for coming to Washington to tell us about the tremendous…

And again, the EPA put the animals and the environment in front of all the concerns of public safety and safety of our community.

I want to thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing today, and I want to also thank Mr. Jim Iwanicki from my district in Northern Michigan for coming to Washington to tell us about the tremendous obstacles he had in simply…

I have made it a priority to continue these conversations with my veteran constituents and I can tell you that unfortunately their experiences at VA have not changed for the better.

Ten hours on a bus for a 20 minute specialty clinic appointment seems like not the best use of the veteran's time or VA's dollars.