Ann Marie Buerkle

That card does not mean anything if the veterans and the wounded warriors are not getting the care they need.

The focus should not be on what makes DoD happy and what makes VA happy, but what helps our wounded warriors

When answers are needed, we cannot take 3 months to respond to a letter.

They can no longer be party to bureaucratic in-fighting and turf battles.

It is clear to me that the FRCP is failing to meet its mission.

If we are not meeting their needs, we have a problem here.

It is not my concern with the symbolism to the servicemember. It is my concern that you see you have a viable and a working partnership with the VA.

I believe that the one-child policy is a crime against humanity.

Since when does the United States of America punish success. That is the fundamental.

What I hear from them is get the government out of our way.

We have lost those manufacturing jobs. We have lost those industries.

Just one assault of this nature, one sexual predator, or one veteran's rights being violated within the VA is one too many and is absolutely unacceptable.

It is critically important that we take every available step to protect the personal safety and well-being of the veterans who seek care through the VA and all of the hardworking employees who strive to provide that care on a daily basis.

Abusive behavior like the kind documented by GAO is unacceptable in any form, but for it to be found in what should be an environment of caring for our honored veterans is simply intolerable.

VA must go back and address serious deficiencies with the Department's initial implementation plan.

We owe it to these men and women to get it right, and we will not rest until we do.

Time is of the essence for these families, many of whom have sacrificed their personal, professional and financial security.

One of the contributors to the economic morass are the layers of bureaucratic red tape and the onerous regulations that stifle entrepreneurial activity.

Congress and the American people have the right to know how their money is being spent.

Thank you very much. I think it's so important to have this conversation with the seniors. We want to preserve your relationship with your physician. There is nothing more sacred than that relationship. This IPAB panel will disrupt that…

I think until we change that mindset, quite frankly, partnerships and collaboration between government and business is going to be hard to accomplish.

Fear? This is the United States of America. We shouldn't be fearing government agencies. We should be working with them.

We have reached a point in this country--and when I listen to your testimony, Mr. Pollock, what you went through with all of your audits--we begin to wonder what's happened to the United States of America in our free enterprise system and…

If you knew now what you--if you knew then what you know now regarding regulations and all of the impediments to job creation, would you have gone into business and would you have done what you have done. And each one of the members of…

Government does not create jobs, business does.