"I am very supportive of R&D and America's investment in R&D. It is incredibly important."
"I agree with Mr. McGovern. I might disagree with him on health care, but I will find common ground with him on R&D."
"I'm particularly excited to be on the campus of Angelo State."
"I support protections for whistleblowers, and I want to note that last year's Congress enacted one of the strongest whistleblower protection initiatives within the VA in our Nation's history."
"I think the entity, I think the system, I think the bureaucracy, I think the union dynamic, the civil service dynamic has been taken way to the extreme and has been abusive and is not allowing us to p..."
"There is the law and there is what's right, and they are not always the same."
"Where's the voice for the veteran in determining the conditions under which they receive excellent service and care?"
"I am very discouraged to hear about the timeframe of years and the lack of productivity and problem solving."
"The American people are tired of partisan bickering and tit-for-tat. They want us to do like they do in their businesses and in their homes and their daily lives and roll up our sleeves and go to work..."
"My commitment is not to the Republican Party or to the leadership, my commitment is to my three children that they will have a safe, strong and free America to live in."
"I am very concerned about the elephant in the room that was mentioned. That mandatory spending and the entitlement programs that were mentioned are squeezing very important investment that we need to ..."
"It is not affordable care. It is the Unaffordable Care Act."