On the recordFebruary 2, 2012
Just for a friendly conversation. Truly, there's nothing misleading. We're doing this in the light of day. What we're, through this reform, going to do, Mr. Van Hollen, is have these hearings in public, in front of C-SPAN and the world, and talk about what actually has been the level of inflation this year, what actually do we need to do to increase funding this year for the veterans, for medical inflation, for regular inflation. Bill Young, the chairman of the Defense Subcommittee and a great leader from Florida who works in a bipartisan way with Norm Dicks, your leader on the Appropriations Committee, they're going to build in, they're going to analyze what inflation's been. The difference here, truly, all we're doing is doing it in the light of day. We're removing the automatic increase. That's all. I want the pilot with his hand on the steering wheel of the airplane.
