"I commend you for the hard work that you have done."
"Will you commit to me today that you will review the Department's procedures and fix this unacceptable procedure?"
"I sincerely appreciate the efforts of your staff to get me this information, which I provided last night to the South Dakota veterans who requested my help."
"the role and responsibility of the United States Congress, the role and responsibility of the executive branch"
"I intend to submit a couple of questions for the record."
"You have been very careful, and I have appreciated the fact that you have done your best to be apolitical in this regard."
"I think it points out--I recognize that any time you move to a new system you have a learning curve, but part of the learning curve requires integrity in the data results."
"If that is found not to be the case, and if this really is to the point where it is not doing what was expected, I presume we will hold them accountable and that we will find either a fix for it or we..."
"Individuals that mess with that, and intentionally dishonor that responsibility, they make the lives of veterans at risk."
"Rural communities simply cannot meet the local matching requirements to effectively invest in public transit that these communities desperately need."
"Our bill will increase Federal share for operating assistance in areas with high transit dependency."