"The VCE is taking steps to ensure members of the Armed Services and veterans who are visually impaired receive appropriate vision rehabilitation quickly and effectively."
"Nothing has been given to you. You earned every bit of it and we need to make sure that we understand that in this room and in this country, I think."
"I'm confident that none of us in this room would actively countenance delays or failures that needlessly hurt our veterans."
"It took almost 7 years for Gil Magallanes to be introduced to his Vision Impairment Services Team coordinator. That's unacceptable."
"I am pleased that this funding has been finally identified and provided by the Department of Defense."
"It is critical that Congress conduct strict oversight into how this program is developed and implemented to assure that our Nation's servicemembers and veterans are well served."
"We should be jumping through every hoop we could, and I think someone needs to be in charge of this problem."
"I found it astonishing last night when I read this entire testimony that we had let this go on for as long as it had, and the nonsense that this government funds every day and then not to fund this ve..."
"I think in all the testimony I have heard screams for a seamless electronic transferable, easy readable, electronic medical records where when you go from one point to another point for care, that it ..."
"It looks to me like some sort of tax credit or subsidy would help immediately take a lot of those people off the rolls."
"Well, you have got half of the people who are uninsured are in families who work, who are offered insurance at their current business, but they can't afford it."