"we are more transparent, more resilient, and we have minimized systemic risk caused by speculative derivative activity, but I also understand that we have further to go."
"Do you have a concern about the level of funding, given this fragmentation, and what we need to try to accomplish to make this work better at an international level?"
"I have a concern, based upon a decision that was made by the majority in the Congress, about the CFTC re-authorization that recently passed."
"I think we were probably anticipating a better data system, which, clearly, we have a problem with."
"I want to understand exactly what is in this umbrella of community care and how we expect to meet this need and pay for this need going forward."
"I would encourage you as well with veterans. I know our Veterans Administration in White River Junction, Vermont, on the border with New Hampshire, has a program for veterans in farming because of the..."
"I am just not optimistic right now, given the leadership that the VA has at the very top."
"Part of what we need to do as Members of Congress is we're bean counters."
"I don't want to lose $2 million sitting around in some office over here that was unobligated because somebody lost track of it."
"VA's procurement organization and business practices need serious reform now."
"I have the impression that we're in sort of an Alice in Wonderland world a little bit."