H.R. 894 (Rep. Bill Johnson, R-OH) would revise the laws governing the appointment, supervision, removal and re-appointment of fiduciaries.

I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you on H.R. 894, important legislation I introduced to reform the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) Fiduciary Program.

The heart of my concern is the judgment used by the FDA to decide who to inspect and who not to inspect.

What causes you enough alarm to want to inspect, and if event reports, let's say public health is in danger and that lives are in danger, if that is not enough, I would like to be able to understand that.

We all want to prevent gun violence, but anything we do must start by respecting the Second Amendment. Sadly, a Member of this House ignored that constitutional right last week. She claimed that banning certain kinds of gun magazines would…

This week marks an anniversary that doesn't warrant celebration. Three years ago, President Obama's takeover of health care was signed into law. This mountain of stacked paper represents the 20,000 pages of new regulations in President…

As an IT professional myself for nearly 30 years, architecture and a roadmap of where you are going is vitally important.

Just because something can be automated doesn't mean that it should be automated.

I call it decisional information. How are we making sure that we are connecting the dots?

Thanks to our panelists for coming today.

It was just over a week ago that we learned that the White House is being closed to public tours. Now the President attempts to justify this decision saying it's a Secret Service decision. I find this disturbingly ironic, coming from a…

We need to celebrate the Mr. Kamras of the world and lift them up as examples for our kids.

The United States has created the most dynamic, the most flexible, most creative workforce the world has ever seen, and immigrants have always been a part of that equation.

I think there has been a lot of talk about other countries that are, you know, actively engaged in global competition for talent, that is certainly true, but other countries also recognize that it is the entire immigration system that…

I think we have got some serious problems when it comes to family members of certain visa holders that aren't allowed to be employed in the United States.

I think the evidence is--you know, I look at the demographic trends and realities.

I think the point system is challenged by two realities.

I think the political rhetoric around this issue, in general, is divisive and often destructive.

the political rhetoric around this issue, in general, is divisive and often destructive.

President Obama needs to be truthful with the American people about his sequester. First and foremost, President Obama proposed the sequester. There's no denying that President Obama's sequester will have devastating effects on Ohio…

the President's insistence that cap-and-trade is still on the table. Climate control is still a big issue.

One of the issues that came out in the State of the Union that has been alluded to here several times is the President's insistence that cap-and-trade is still on the table.

I realize this is a politically charged question because it is one that the President is very interested in pursuing.

It was very specific, because that is what is happening with the shutdown of the coal industry, the elimination of coal-fired power plants, and the attack on hydraulic fracturing and our ability to go after fossil fuels.

If you don't want to see increased operating costs, if you don't want to see your electricity rates go up, then I would simply encourage you, speak out.