"I wanted to add to a comment you made about the VA and veterans being dependent on other Federal departments and agencies."
"the cost can be measured in a number of ways; certainly what it costs to purchase that and maintain it and operate it"
"for every minute of additional wait time at a port of entry it costs the U.S. economy $166 million"
"For Ms. Gambler, one of the memories that I think looms large for this committee and certainly for me in making any decision on a biometric exit system was our failure with SBInet, where we spent hund..."
"I want to revisit a decision that preceded your tenure."
"the SBInet program, also known as the virtual fence, which was billions of dollars' worth of surveillance and communications equipment, that was ultimately canceled in 2011, because it was costly, it ..."
"When we talk about users, are you talking about Border Patrol agents?"
"Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for holding this hearing today."
"We are trying to hold you accountable. We are held accountable by our constituents."
"It is a way to encourage, at no cost to the VA or the Federal Government, veterans to file fully developed claims online."
"It saves you money, the VA, in processing those claims, and it saves the veteran hundreds upon hundreds of days in getting a more timely response."
"I appreciate hearing that. And I also wanted to follow up on one other thing that you said."