"I know we can't un-ring that bell, but I've continued to ring the alarm that we need a better PBGC."
"I won't support pension legislation unless it does that. We need any relief to be targeted, timely and temporary."
"I want to thank the Chairman for his leadership on the wide range of legislation we are discussing today."
"Over and over, the discussion turned to they cannot get credit."
"When there is doubt, we must take the side of the servicemember."
"Scientific certainty should not trump human decency."
"We must cut through the bureaucracy and focus on delivering both help and hope to men and women and their families who served our Nation."
"Do we save a few bucks or do we save a few lives?"
"We should all be outraged by the behavior of KBR and like-minded contractors who take the money from our taxpayers."
"I really do believe that if we had not done a lot of things we did, contrary to what some in my State and some in the Senate and House think, it would have been significantly worse."
"The VA is firing many of its blue collar workers, and replacing them with private contractors without going through the competition process that Congress has called for again and again."