Someone may have asked this question before I got here, but I have heard it said that a lot of the proponents of wage insurance, argue, either directly or implicitly, that it would encourage workers to take lower-paying jobs.

I would, first of all, like to thank all the panelists for their testimony.

I am deeply troubled by the 15-month deployment requirements that have been put on the Army.

I know the sacrifices that they've had to go through to help you reach the position that you're in.

I had a political position and an advisory position, but I was a part of an administration and I was identified with that administration.

I think it's a serious problem in a lot of different ways.

political considerations have to come in play.

when you have a uniformed military individual making political judgments and giving political advice to a political administration.

I would submit that if those other individuals were properly doing their job, this position wouldn't be necessary.

These 15-month deployments are going to wreck the Army.

Timely responses to questions from people appearing before this committee are an essential function of what we do up here.