There needs to be a top-to-bottom review from the minute the soldier is getting out to determine what their status is; how they are mentally and physically.

We have a crisis. They need to be there treating.

I do not think fee basis which is, in my view, a blow-off valve for a temporary increase in demand that you cannot meet with the resources you have is working.

When you are dealing with people's lives, you know, the response rate needs to be perfect because every lack of perfection equals a death--bottom line.

There is a complete lack of trust between the veteran and the Department.

Thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks for going out of the regular order.

I feel the Dalai Lama should be allowed to go home.

If the political problem is solved, all our other problems can be managed.

Expanding benefits without first establishing the necessary controls, checks, and balances to prevent the waste, fraud, and abuse we all hear about is putting the cart before the horse.

So I am wondering, I know in the FAST Act that Senators Carper and Coburn pushed, that requires a daily view of the Social Security Administration (SSA) death master to prevent that type of fraud.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and you asked a good question, Mr. Chairman, about IDR and explain it for the average person listening at home.

This expansion in the government's role in health care will unduly strain our Nation's already dire fiscal condition.

We are beginning to face difficult decisions that must be made in order to put our Nation back on the path to economic prosperity and fiscal sustainability.

It is about $100 billion a year, and that is why I joined both of them in supporting the 'FAST' Act of 2011, as one of the early cosponsors.

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