"We need the political leadership."
"I want to know what success is for any program. I want to know if we are achieving that success."
"We care about this and we want to get it right. We know you guys do, too, so let's work to improve the service to our heroes and to our taxpayers."
"I am not big on telling management how to manage. I am into holding management accountable for the lack thereof."
"Ms. Esty has been very patient to hang in there with me, and you guys have, too."
"I am encouraged by what I have seen, the results and the actions of this President, and so I want to start with a praise that this President has put our safety and security first."
"He has done exactly what he said he would do, and he is a promise keeper and I appreciate that."
"But I know you know that if we are really going to solve the debt issue and stave off a crisis and commit to our children a strong, safe, and free America, we have got to go bigger on these entitlemen..."
"This President is a fighter and he has got amazing will and he has risen above what is the typical political culture, and I just plead with him through you to make this a priority."
"So, just back to my original question, I think you are saying that the underlying issue with homelessness, or at least a major underlying issue is employment, underemployment."
"Is it housing or is it the job that allows them to sustain self-sufficiency so that they can have that independence and pay the rent and feel the dignity of all that is involved in that?"
"Sustainability as in their ability to sustain their independence and--because of employment?"