The best I can tell this committee is doing little or nothing except talking about it.

How does that make sense? We do not even curb our CODELs, much less take a salary reduction.

If we won't fund the mission, let's have the courage to admit a smaller mission.

Let's take some responsibility here.

We have the power to fund this shortfall. Let's use that power.

This is a sad day for this committee, a sad day for Congress, a sad day for America.

This is all the result of collateral damage from political gridlock.

I am worried that the interface between U.S. personnel and the Afghan so-called health system puts U.S. personnel in an impossible situation.

I am a little worried that with all this talk of standards for the Afghan healthcare system...

I don't want to prolong this unduly, but it is my understanding that the life expectancy in Afghanistan is among the shortest in the world.

In my opinion, this is how we should approach today's hearing: by working together in a bipartisan manner to ensure that oversight is rigorous and constructive.