Were you ordered to give them the $2.2 billion by the Federal Reserve?

All right. Bloomberg News reported on April 17th that you currently own 27,129 shares of Goldman Sachs stock. Is that true?

I applaud your leadership in holding a hearing on this subject, which were few and far between during my tenure on the Veterans Affairs Committee.

I want to begin today by thanking Chairman Michaud and Ranking Member Miller for permitting me to join you today to discuss a matter that is near and dear to my heart--the mental health of our veterans.

I want to take a look in some understandable way, if it can be made understandable, of the impact of this exponential growth in contracting on so many levels.

We would just point out that almost every one of the healthcare solutions that has been offered...are always about outpatient medicine.

I think that you have an enormous capacity to encourage.

I think it is an abomination that the automotive task force has not come before this Congress, either Chamber.

Any job in my region now, it is like a golden egg. And they are not connected to the Federal Government for the most part.

The vast bulk of the money will go through the states.

What do we have to do between now and 90 days and now 180 days to be ready on the FRA money in a state like Ohio on the high-speed rail?

We think we need to invest more resources in helping local communities design transportation programs that help rural residents work outside the areas that they call home.