Unfortunately for years, it has been clear that senior leaders at the Department of Labor do not put the focus that is needed on the Veterans' Employment and Training Service.

So it is time to try something new, because the young people separating need a job now, they don't need a job in 15 years.

But I am not certain that I am hearing that these employment numbers are a result of those programs.

From our standpoint here, we want to know if the program that we are endorsing is actually having the result or is the result coming from somewhere else?

To be quite frank, many in the veterans' community... have said over and over again that more often than not, DoL has ignored the agency altogether.

Sure. No, I think you do have to evaluate locally, but you can start with what it is in the big picture.

Well, I look forward to seeing those types of numbers because that has got to be our guide as we try to decide what is best for the veteran and the VA itself as we go down the road.

I am here for the same reason I think you are, is to make a difference and to make good decisions, but we have got to come up with those numbers because you can't decide if Choice is working better or worse and effectively, especially when…

So if we know what the budget is for all the health administration costs and what that is, can't that give us something to start with?

It is shocking: human trafficking is the fastest growing business of organized crime and the third largest criminal enterprise in the world. In my home State of Ohio, the most common age a child becomes victimized by trafficking is 13…

I believe we can mitigate many other issues that have plagued and continue to plague previous generations of America's veterans.

I have to tell you I am very honored to serve as chairman of this subcommittee