"This hearing will come to order."
"I thank you."
"Obviously there is great disagreement with the VA's interpretation of the law. The GAO disagrees."
"Where in the priority scheme do VOSBs and SDVOSBs fall?"
"Your department is supposed to be looking out for veteran-owned businesses. Why is there such reluctance from the department to follow the intent and the spirit of the law as identified by the GAO?"
"Where do VOSBs and SDVOSBs fall in your current practice of priority within the Veterans Administration for contracting opportunities?"
"That is not what Title 38 says."
"this, to me, is, frankly, as I said, shocking and alarming, that the Administration asked you to make false assumptions."
"So if Director Pizarchik claims that those numbers were meaningless placeholders, as he has indicated before this Committee, and that they had no basis in fact, why would they need to have an all-day ..."
"My recommendation is that the BLM and the federal government pass laws that keep the bureaucracy of Washington out of the industry and make all federal lands available to the private sector."
"There is no reason why we should not provide access to our own energy resources here."