"It is my belief that we should move this nomination as quickly as we can."
"The position you seek is one of the most important roles in ensuring that veterans and their families are being well served by the VA."
"We have a lot of good people and a lot of good ideas, but we consistently try to stuff it into the old framework of something that is antiquated and has proven time and time again will not allow innov..."
"I believe that you will find GEN Shinseki to be exactly the kind of tough, innovative and insightful Secretary that the Department of Veterans Affairs needs at this extremely critical time."
"In order to become a 21st Century organization, DVA will have to change some past methods used to communicate with other government agencies, the Congress, the media, and most importantly, our veteran..."
"The United States is now the only industrialized Nation in the world where a kid has a lesser chance of graduating from high school than their parents did."
"I hope for those that are shocked by the 70 percent graduation rate in high school, that they are even more shocked today to hear that barely 60 percent of our higher education students graduate in 6 ..."
"Every year, more than a million full-time, first-time degree-seeking students start college. Yet fewer than 40 percent of those students pick up their degree in 4 years."
"The FDA is struggling today due to lack of funding, low morale, and an increasingly expanding mission."