"I love your idea of connecting those separating servicemembers with the community perhaps from which they came..."
"What frustrates me as a Member of our Subcommittee, almost on a consistent hearing-by-hearing basis, is the lack of data to determine whether something is working or not."
"The Veterans Accountability Act has been worked on now for several years, and that, I think, goes to the heart of many of the problems with the VA."
"Thank you, Representative Arrington, for the opportunity, on behalf of the veteran community at LCU and for your advocacy on behalf of veterans."
"This is truly a great day and a beautiful day to be in love with Texas."
"I can tell you that as our veterans have fought so hard for this country to keep this Union together, they are still keeping the Union together."
"A recipient of the Purple Heart would have had to wait the 36 months to avail themselves of the GI Bill."
"I know I beat up pretty hard on the VA, so every now and then it is nice to hear a positive story about what they are doing right."
"if our office can be of assistance to you, that is what we are here for."
"I am so pleased and truly inspired by you guys and your commitment to helping your fellow brother and sister in the bond of being a veteran."
"It seems to me that in a situation where the program is for veterans, you will never be able to prove out that 15 percent."