Kit Bond: “We need to shift away from the 99 percent exquisite, service-centric platforms that are so costly.”

I see the very generous budget request for VA, $115 million for healthcare for homeless veterans.

You mentioned that you are still confident in the official $5.8 billion estimate or whatever it was that OMB came up with.

I think one of the most critical values that will come of financial reform, if it gets passed, which I strongly encourage, is that without question, no one is carving out the products that you address.

We won't be ignored.