David Roe

The important thing is to get these soldiers taken care of.

And they are critical services. I want to hear actually later in the testimony, and thank you for the work you have done, Dr. Draper, to point out why this is not working after going on now 4 years.

We provide the best health care on the battlefield that there is in the world or ever has been.

Thank you, Dr. Draper, for being here. And let me just start out by saying that this should be something we are really good at.

I am going to get you to where you need to be and take care of you. You do not have to worry about it. You call me. I am going to get you down the right road. I am your GPS in this maze.

We are having people that are surviving injuries now that they would never have survived before and they need help.

This should not be overwhelming anybody. And I do not know what in the world, why this has been so hard.

I believe I could do that pretty well, pretty easily, and without all this confusion.

But I ought to be able to as a family member make a phone call and that person says I am going to help you.

My point is, though--wait a minute, whoa, whoa right there--she should be able to get the answer from the first person.

We have the resources to do it and we are good at this. This is not something we are bad at.

This should be something we are really good at.

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

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

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

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

Thank you for being here.

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

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

I will support that.

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

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.

Like Doug, each prostate cancer patient is unique and that should come into play when determining a treatment path.

Treatment decisions should be made between a healthcare provider and a patient and his or her family.