"So we need to know what the specific amounts for this year, as we are allocating for a yearlong appropriation bill, what the benefits are, and what kind of flexibility you are asking for."
"Well as you know, our role is oversight, and we are always asked for flexibility, and then we get yelled at for funds that were misused."
"I could not agree more with the chair that with flexibility must come accountability."
"We want to see the idea of supportive housing really which this subcommittee has pushed for a long time."
"Just because a child does not have an address does not mean they should not get an education."
"President Obama signed the HEARTH Act, homeless reauthorization bill, into law."
"You should know that every one from the veterans to the community members, all the Spokane VA employees, to their medical center director, Sharon Hellman: they've all been working very, very hard to m..."
"I'm very concerned about this, and I know it's impacting my State and a number of other States, and as a result we're working on this legislation."
"I'm very concerned about these men and women who are coming home and don't have a job, and where we've left them."
"The shortage of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers is one of the most serious workforce challenges our country faces."
"I am very worried about our domestic industrial base. I am worried about its long-term ability to provide our military forces with what they need to accomplish their national security missions."
"I want to make sure that we maintain a domestic industrial base that can respond to the ongoing need of our warfighters."