David Roe: “the Obama administration has weakened union financial reporting requirements to the detriment of union members.”

Do not imply, Mr. Secretary, I care any less about the veterans who are committing suicide. I have declared suicide prevention to be the No. 1 priority of this committee.

This is highly inappropriate. I think--and you seem to be very proud of the fact that your office has been engaged in this sort of stuff, and this way of operating.

I want to give the VA a shout-out and there are some--obviously, we are going over some problems today that the VA had, but all in all I think the VA probably has the opportunity to be one of the best systems in the country.

Today is a significant day in America, it is April 15th, and a lot of hardworking taxpayers are sending checks off today.