It is a great pleasure to appear before you today to introduce the President's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Joan E...
Veterans are always going to be at the table because of the leadership that you provide and that of your colleagues.
Why has it not been worked out? Why has it not been accomplished in the year that I have introduced this legislation?
We are just going to stay with this until it gets addressed.
The reason it is not getting done is because there is no leadership.
Following up on the Administration's request to try to find a cooperative management approach, can you point to any succ...
So you want another 6 months on top of the fact that I introduced the legislation a year ago.
But to get problems solved, you have got to have people step up, and unfortunately, that has not taken place.
Do you want to make them wait another century?
I will tell you, all I see is foot-dragging, and it is not acceptable to me.
So you say today you support the intent of the legislation, but you do not support the legislation.