Let me just say I wholeheartedly endorse the Secretary's commitment to homelessness. Let me tell you, OMB does not give a shit about homelessness.

So the agency's not willing to take it out of its annual budget. It would require additional appropriations from the Congress?

Do you think that more should be done to protect the appeal rights of veterans who mistakenly send their notice to the VA versus to the court?

Three million in acquisition and $2.5 million additional dollars in potential grants.

The animus of the permanent bureaucracy at the Office of Management and Budget to this program from the outset continues to be a classic study in the irrationality of a runaway and virtually unaccountable fourth branch of government.

I rise today to offer legislation that would improve the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA, Multifamily Transitional Housing Loan program. This program, established in 1998 and supported with a $48 million appropriation in 1999, was…

Tell me how many permanent jobs were created.

What is the VA's criteria for determining whether you use a local provider?

So how does that baseline follow that servicemember from medical facility to medical facility or in-theater?

Without the bravery and support of loved ones like Sarah, many of our wounded warriors would be forced to live in nursing home settings.

What we learned from that hearing led to provisions enacted within the 2008 Defense Authorization Act.

What we are really concerned with is people on the margins.