You are here to testify before the Congress on this issue and you don't have specifics?

Could you review that number with us again?

Thank you for the honor of representing them.

The large number of complaints received from VA employees is, to some extent, a reflection of the size of the VA, but it also raises serious red flags as to the continuing problems that are systemic throughout the VA and its treatment of…

The truth of the matter is that Congress needs whistleblowers within Federal agencies to help identify problems on the ground.

Addressing Continued Whistleblower Retaliation Within VA

I would rather he go back to University of Colorado in Boulder, my alma mater, but if he wants to go serve, I will support him 100 percent.

the minute he crosses that threshold, he should be treated with respect and dignity, period, bottom line.

There is a culture of silence and intimidation and a history of retaliation at the VA.

We must ensure that no one is afraid to come forward to report instances of mismanagement or wrongdoing that hinders our veterans' ability to receive care.

If you retaliate against or stifle employees who are trying to improve VA, for our Nation's veterans, you should not be working for VA and you certainly should not receive a bonus for your despicable actions.

I just want to say that this seems like such a typical hearing when you are giving us a lot of great news.

I think you are fighting for our Nation's veterans today who have made tremendous sacrifices in defense of this country.

The notion of too big to fail--too big to exist, from my point of view.

It is now time to make some commonsense changes to help our small businesses and community bankers.

I think that the problem--one of the problems I see is that the members of Congress who had their fingerprints all over putting individuals into homes that they couldn't afford--those loans, securitized and misrated dramatically, were the…

I think it's a problem that, in my view, is an overreaction by the Congress of the United States, a regulatory overreaction, in terms of passing Dodd-Frank.

Dodd-Frank was a reaction to that financial crisis, in my view.