"Vietnam Veterans of America have held numerous over 100, almost 150 now of town hall meetings all across the country asking veterans about their exposures to Agent Orange and how they think it affected their families."
"The reality is the VA has done very little in the way of studying Agent Orange affects in anybody ever, in the whole history of Vietnam veterans coming home."
"I urge all of the Members of this Committee to support this legislation so that we can begin to turn the tide against suicide."
"I urge all of my colleagues to support this important piece of legislation and show our Veterans with action, and not just promises, that we have them 'covered.'"
"I am embarrassed that they are grateful to me because that veteran should have been able to do that on their own."
"We know, and we have the data to prove it."
"Thank you for holding this bipartisan and important hearing."
"We just have to make sure that, as we put regulations in place, they mesh with what are the best practices."
"It is an economic issue. It impacts everything from water quality to the farmers' bottom lines."
"I never understood as a military person myself why there was no equivalent of the quadrennial defense review?"
"The report you issued is very damning to the VA."