Pursuant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, public hearing records of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs are also published in electronic form.

Such occurrences are inherent in the current publication process and should diminish as the process is further refined.

if there is anything our office can do to be of assistance, either through legislation or working with the administration, you know, we are here to help and we would be happy to work with you.

I think you have to make sure that you require NCA to provide information that their capacity planning for future cemeteries is adequate and staying within planned milestones and you don't have serious slippage.

I look forward to future updates on the initiatives that we have heard about today and look forward to working with all of you throughout this Congress to insure the final resting places of our veterans and their families left behind…

On behalf of one of my constituents, Mr. Richard Bareford of Medford, New Jersey, he has been in contact with the NCA pursuing two group monuments for veterans who died in the 1937 Labor Day Hurricane.

When we make it absolutely necessary to get the next of kin approval, we are turning a success story into another reason for our citizens to be disappointed with government bureaucracy.

Catch-shares gives individual rights to fish. Our ocean belongs to everyone, not just individuals that have the right to fish it.

Neither AMVETS nor I have received any federal grants or contracts, during this year or in the last two years.

I am honored to have the opportunity to continue Chairing the DAMA Subcommittee this Congress and look forward to working with all of you.

It is my hope that we will all come together in a bipartisan way and share ideas to best serve our Nation's veterans.