The House of Representatives needs to begin making sure you are funded. And that is part of what we do in oversight, fund it to deal with ever-evolving technologies, where archiving isn't just putting them away, it is being able to…

I would certainly hope that when you go back and you scrub that $10 million in order to do X and more to do Y that you go back and you really ask, within the best practices, whether or not to meet--for your CIO to meet the requirement of…

I think it is fair that we recognize that software moves on and that archiving in the digital age is not as easy as it might seem to the public.

I can testify I have seen no evidence of a crime.

Rather than continuing on this path, I sincerely hope that we will turn to constructive legislation with concrete solutions to help Federal agencies run more effectively and efficiently.

We're better than that. We are a better country than that. And we are a better committee than that.

I would mourn for what could have been.

I care about your reputation. I care about what people think of you.

I believe our committee's work should be a responsible effort to obtain the facts and a responsible effort to find the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

We appreciate your commitment to ensuring that veterans receive the best health care available.

I want to thank you for coming this evening.

Well, there is wrongdoing in terms of not keeping all the records according to the Federal Records Act.

Can we tell the American taxpayers, then, that if they just don't have really the money to comply with IRS statutes, that that's okay, that it's okay to break the law as long as they don't have the money to comply?

So when someone did not notify the National Archives, was that wrongdoing?

So what you're saying is that none of Lois Lerner's emails are part of Agency business?

I think when we look at how we manage excess demand, we need to determine whether we can provide that service more economically within the VA or whether it is better for us to buy that in the community.

PVA's members and all veterans will not stand for anything less.

That's not what your manual says.