I know I live in a rural area in east Tennessee, but people do not care. They would go to the job.

I think that is so basic that if you cannot read and communicate properly you will never have a job.

I think it is the most important thing we have so that you cannot intimidate anybody, either the employer or the employee.

I was elected by a secret ballot. The president of the United States was elected by a secret ballot.

I will support that.

I want to thank you for introducing this piece of legislation.

the VA ought to be at the forefront, since there are so many of our veterans that have had brain injuries.

Certainly in young people who have brain injury we are just learning how much recovery you can experience, and it can be very dramatic.

Thank you for being here.

There should be no tolerance. There should be a change of culture, and it comes from the top.

We have a lifetime commitment to them, not a 1 week or a 1 year or a 5 year.

I firmly in my core believe that healthcare decisions should be made between physicians, the patients, and their families, not by a board appointed by the President or anybody else, Republican or Democrat.