"I think it is difficult to mandate it from the federal government; I think it is difficult to mandate it from the State government."
"Lastly, I just want to thank you all for representing our veterans. Each and every one of you do a great job, and thank you for the job you do in representing the interests of veterans in this country..."
"I am just an old public school guy. I didn't go to private schools. But when you do the math, it is $50 million a year and you have 800-something people; that is over $50,000 apiece per person."
"I think I need to go back and really look at that to see if--because I didn't fully understand what your all's objection was."
"I want to strongly encourage us to support this piece of legislation, and I will tell you why."
"It is important that vet centers are prepared to meet the needs of our new veterans and their families."
"It is really troubling to me that we would want to make the cuts in the proposed budget by the majority today seeing that our country is falling way behind other countries."
"It would be horrific for rates to go from 3.4 to 6.8 if you have got $100,000 in student loans."
"What are you doing for fraud and abuse? ... You shouldn't make money going to community college."
"So to your point, it is all tied together, and when we talked about the Ryan budget, it is looking at the entire budget."
"If I can find that information--and I can--I will get that to you."