12/02/2009
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"I would also note that I am as committed today, as I was during my early years on the VA Committee, to the belief that the Government can be fiscally responsible while still fulfilling its commitments..."
"It was Ted Wade and Sarah Wade that I think played the biggest part in the creation of the Caregiver Act."
"I am also concerned that VA may not have adequately addressed the need for sufficient resources for administering GI Bill education benefits."
"It is going to be vitally important that the decisions that are made at the VA do not lose focus on what the VA mission is and that is to provide the care that our veterans were promised."