"Our goal, and this is very, simple: uphold the promise we made to our veterans by ending the backlog and getting the benefits they earned."
"We, along with Senator Franken, have introduced bipartisan measures in both the House and Senate that will remove several hurdles to getting claims processed quickly."
"Congress needs to do more to bolster the VA's current efforts to modernize its operations."
"The Quicker Benefits Delivery Act provides substantial, innovative, results-oriented measures that work to bolster the VA's current efforts."
"They referred to these as incidents—not accidents. And it kind of changes the point of view on how we're getting after it."
"We want to keep our citizens safe and we want to move important products, and we have to figure out strike that balance."
"He doesn't believe there are three fire departments in America that could respond in an urban area to a Casselton type of incident."
"The problem we have, sometimes, though is the city of La Crescent was there also, and they said I happen to know Winona's got a better grant writer, because we're smaller."
"I have worked across the aisle, with my colleague Michael Grimm, to introduce the Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act."
"To me, however, college affordability is probably one of the top priorities we need to be focused on."
"I appreciate having the Financial Institutions Subcommittee Chair, Shelley Capito, as a cosponsor of the legislation."