I think that we have to hit this fairly accurately from a standpoint of the size of these institutions.

From our perspective, it does not work and it needs to be removed.

I am inclined to agree with my colleagues that it has not worked out well.

I think we would all agree that is unacceptable.

I am anxious to hear those individuals who are here to testify, and I thank you for calling this hearing.

If we can bring down that remand rate, there is no question that we can improve the timeliness of our decisionmaking overall within the system.

the time might be ripe for shortening certain statutory and regulatory response periods for the purposes of expediting the processing of claims and appeals.

I would like you to take a clean piece of paper and I would like you to design the system as if we were standing up a process of processing claims and allowing for appeals.

I would ask that you and the Congress strongly consider doing exactly what was done in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

I encourage you to get with General Motors, because they cannot figure out how to make money.

Is the federal government simply going to tell those officials that they were wrong and simply didn't look closely enough?