I think people here need to recognize last week this Congress allowed the Agent Orange Act to expire.

Your decision is going to be either to deal with that or deny the claims. And I think all of us here to recognize we are part of this.

This is not going to be fixed by Congress, it is not going to be fixed just by the administration, it is going to be fixed by citizens demanding and using our best and brightest to figure out a way to do this.

I kind of think that I agree with where Dr. Abraham was talking about you have a job to do, we hired you to do it. The public hired us to do a job, too.

This outbreak places both a financial and emotional strain on the producers in harm's way.

Farmers have long known that the financial health of our agricultural sector is beholden to certain external factors.

USDA has done an admirable job thus far in their response.

I thank the Chairman first of all for his passion and his lifelong commitment to human rights.

I think it is important to have these hearings.

I think each of these pieces of legislation provide the VA opportunities to partner and to do things and continue to build on things that are working right.

I would be honored and appreciative if I could.