There's got to be some consideration, not just consultation... as to how quickly an industry can make a transition.

I am also concerned that VA may not have adequately addressed the need for sufficient resources for administering GI Bill education benefits.

It was Ted Wade and Sarah Wade that I think played the biggest part in the creation of the Caregiver Act.

I also want to welcome back the Committee's Ranking Minority Member, Richard Burr.

I would implore all of you go back to the table. Read the bill again.

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.

Last week, I sat down with veterans from across my home state and heard from the very men and women whose lives this budget will touch.

our mission goes back to President Lincoln's admonition to care for those who have borne the battle and for their spouses and orphans.

To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan.

I do congratulate you on not only your leading the Committee but your fine work in the United States and for the American people.

I am encouraged to see that the Administration has increased funding for homeless programs and am hopeful that we will continue to see significant effort to reduce the number of homeless veterans.

I just introduced a bill yesterday that...provides for any veteran that sends in an application, a claim that has all the documentation they need, that they get an additional year's worth of benefits.