Robert A. McDonald: “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan.”

VA is not only essential for veterans, it is essential for American medicine and it is essential for the American people.

Thank you, Chairman Miller. I look forward to working with you and the rest of the committee to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the kind of care that our veterans deserve.

I think we can't outsource customer service. In my opinion, that was the big mistake with the original Choice Act.

To turn VA around, we must maintain our momentum of change, and we cannot do that without cooperation of Congress.