Sherrod Brown

How much is it going to cost? I mean what is the number that the American people are ultimately going to be responsible for?

We all know about the $6 billion that has been spent and fewer than 12 percent of the country's police are capable of operating on their own.

How do we change from quantity to quality to get the value for our dollars?

I would encourage the Administration to strongly encourage them to do what they said they would do.

It also more importantly comes down to lives.

What does that mean? To me it means obviously dollars that cannot be spent here in the United States for services and other things that we come to know and expect.

I will stay as long as you have me, Madam Chairman. Thank you.

In 1991, working for Ohio State University, I spent some time in Poland working with their government to transition from communism to democracy. And my friend Tomaz, who is a Polish academician, later rose to be the Minister of Culture in…

I thank the Senator for his assistance and look forward to working with him and Senator Kerry to ensure that appropriate protections for spiritual care are provided as health reform is implemented.

It really comes down to the money; without money and without the refining products that they need to survive, they're not going to do anything.

I'm concerned that every day that we delay is another day that they have to get closer to the capability to export terrorism around the region and the world.

I don't believe that Iran takes us seriously when it comes to demanding full disclosure with regard to their nuclear capabilities.

I've always been a strong believer that competition is good.

I want to state that I do have those concerns, and I'm doing everything and anything I can to find out more.

How do I justify supporting a program that's over budget and not on time, versus a plan that's on budget?

Let me go to two of the problems that we've identified over and over.

But we're not doing any kind of systemic outreach to the Korean War veteran that never goes to the VA.

One of the problems, whether it's in Jefferson County or Noble County or Richland County, where I grew up, is to get benefits to veterans.

That's something we need to address. Thank you for that.

The VA is an amazing institution that gives and makes fewer medical errors than any other facility and any other medical group in the country.

Thank you, all five of you, very much for your service to veterans and your services to Americans.

OK. You have posters up in all kinds of public places saying to call this 1-800 number or whatever?

I would hope that we can help you with that.

I would hope Mr. Hartnett when he comes and testifies would talk about some of that.

Chillicothe does some things better and that it has a terrific program.