"I urge this committee to use the National Defense Authorization Act to guarantee that this remains true."
"To echo the words of former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta when he visited the installation, Fort Bliss is the premier post in America."
"The El Paso region and the entire Fort Bliss community continue to go above and beyond in their steadfast support of our soldiers and their families."
"I urge this committee to continue to support this project so that our soldiers, including our wounded warriors returning home, receive the world-class care that they deserve."
"I also urge the committee to continue support for the Military Tuition Assistance Program in fiscal year 2014."
"Denying our brave men and women access to education programs will negatively impact their ability to carry out their missions while in service."
"When these projects go over these many months or these many dollars, what does it do to the projects behind them?"
"if you are spending $366 million more than you originally budgeted, where is that money coming from if not from projects that would have been funded further down the list?"
"we desperately, in my opinion, need a full service VA hospital in El Paso"
"Mr. Kelley offered some suggestions to address some of the findings made by Ms. St. James."
"What can we do to improve that process, whether it is through a co-location, I talked about DoD, or through a university system, whether it is providing land and leasing opportunities, give us some gu..."
"I want to follow up on something that Congresswoman Kuster brought up and I tried to address in my earlier questions."