"I really think that there was a complete failure when you see this veteran out on the street and to see them come up with a place to live and a job is one of the most rewarding things I have seen since I have been in Congress."
"I wonder if we could or would it be helpful for us? You have less than 1 percent of the House of Representatives sitting here and obviously we did not know what was going on and we are on the Committe..."
"I am so thankful that General Shinseki has really made homeless veterans a priority because those veterans, both men and women, have really literally lost everything, no place even to live."
"I think that probably is the single most important thing that a veteran can have when they leave is their family to go home to, someone waiting for them, and, secondly, a job to go to, a profession."
"I don't understand why NIMH wouldn't be here. And I think we need to have an explanation."
"In order to bring attention to PTSD in the military, given today's hearing topic, I wanted to make sure that we invited this veteran and recognize his tremendous efforts on the military suicide and PT..."
"the way PTSD is acknowledged and treated today is totally different than the end of Vietnam, when I got out of the military."
"the VA has the power to be omnipresent."
"I wonder if the resources aren't there now, and instead of creating another bureaucracy, just organize the resources that we have."
"How has that happened, where a young man like myself from a middle-class family--quite frankly, it was very simple when I went to medical school."
"I think our higher education system in America is the best in the world."