Patty Murray actually said...

"I can guarantee that once you are there, you will be hearing a lot from me."

"OK, good. I look forward to hearing about your progress and what we can do to help."

"Well, it is a big challenge, but I am really glad that you are going to take that on because I think there are a lot of opportunities left simply because the two groups--veterans and the people who em..."

"We are now ramping up and we have a number of folks coming home. It will impact next year's budget. It certainly will impact budgets in the out years, so we need to have an honest figure on that."