"I recently held a press conference on women's veterans issues, and in attendance were several female veterans."
"I think it is important to address that with DOD and I appreciate that."
"We urge the Committee to approve this bill because its passage in the 111th Congress would address DAV's highest priority in VA health care."
"We believe the Women's Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 will allow VA to effectively meet the needs of women veterans."
"We thank Senator Tester for introducing this bill and for this Committee's examination of it."
"The NRHA applauds Chairman Akaka for introducing this important bill."
"I believe the Brady Act is not only an illegal act pertaining to veterans, but an ethical, civil rights, and privacy issue."
"By 2020, the proportion of women veterans using VA health care is expected to reach 15 percent."
"There is no question that a perfect storm of Wall Street greed, irresponsible mortgage lending, and uninformed decisions by borrowers are at the heart of our economic crisis."
"I think there is also more that we can do on a legislative basis to try to make sure we do that."
"I supported that. I thought it was the right move."
"We put $2 million into the Appropriations Committee last year to deal with that and $6 million to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation."