We just cannot turn our backs on the millions and millions of seniors who are hurting in this country who need help today.

NANASP supports your bill and we have enjoyed working with your fine staff.

What we are in agreement about is in terms of real dollars, the Older Americans Act has been significantly underfunded for many years, and then you have sequestration adding insult to injury.

let me congratulate the Gang of 8 for their assiduous work on this immigration bill, as well as Senator Pat Leahy, the chairman of the committee, for doing a lot of good work. There is much in this bill I support. I support the pathway to…

the impact of the sequester on seniors is real, and it must be stopped.

In my view, if a nation is to be judged by how it cares for the weakest, the most vulnerable people amongst us, the United States would not get particularly high marks.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

the insanity of wasting huge amounts of money by not providing minimal services to people so they don't end up in the hospital

Wage insurance, not savings, is what's needed to prepare for the loss of wages as a result of old age.

It's absolutely vital that we reauthorize the Older Americans Act.

Please end it as soon as possible. Exempt those programs which clearly serve the most vulnerable of our society, such as the OAA nutrition programs.

One of the most effective programs ever designed to address the needs of vulnerable seniors is the Older Americans Act.

Thank you, Mr. Bedlin.

When we invest in these programs, we save money, and sometimes some of my friends don't fully get that.

let me congratulate Senator McCain for all of his hard work in the Gang of 8 and his focus on border security, which is an enormously important issue. As the son of an immigrant--my dad came to this country at the age of 17 from Poland--I…

Everybody always talks about how we are not going to balance the budget on the backs of our veterans.

AFGE supports the provision in the bill for Congressional oversight of progress of the working group.

We may not be able to do everything everybody wants but I think, as I have heard this morning, you are aware that we are working on a very ambitious set of legislation and we are going to continue to do that.

This legislation contains critical provisions that we believe will help veterans find jobs, and it could not have come at a better time.

AFGE commends Chairman Sanders' leadership in introducing legislation to create a new work credit system.

I want to do my best with this Committee to make sure that within our limited financial resources, acknowledging that we cannot do everything we want to do.

This bill will make a difference for veterans who are currently unemployed and servicemembers who will be entering the civilian workforce in the future.

Secretary Shinseki has brought forth a goal to make sure that every claim is processed within 125 days.

We have legislation to make sure that the very ambitious goal of making sure that every claim is processed with 125 days takes place.

What I have believed from day one when I assumed this position is that we cannot be successful unless we fully understand the problems and that we work with the service organizations who represent millions of veterans to try to find…