David Roe: “I am looking forward to hearing feedback from both the Department and VSO witnesses on three of these programs; IDES…”

But I am mindful of something Rahm Emanuel said when he was chief of staff to President Obama in 2009. He said you never let a serious crisis go to waste. I am afraid some of us are doing that here.

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.

I would like to encourage the SBA to allow lenders the discretion to offer loans to companies in Chapter 11.