"Can you talk a little bit more about how a system as vast as the VA can make cultural changes?"
"I appreciate that kind of perspective very much because I think that is the challenge in addressing the patent troll issues."
"Your report put forth a number of recommendations. I am particularly looking at Recommendations 17 to 23, and the VA has said that they will meet those recommendations by September 2015."
"Just following up on the previous question, Mr. Griffin, would you agree that attribution of negligence as a result of delay in care as a causation of death is basically an adjudicatorial process that..."
"The revelations over wait times at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other systemic problems at the VA have severely shaken the trust that veterans, their families, and the general public should ..."
"Your description for why this bill is necessary and what you hope to accomplish makes a very strong case for how it has been supported in a bipartisan way."
"I am here to support and to voice a strong support for Judge Loretta Biggs."
"Thank you for giving us a fuller context in which the VA is undertaking these kinds of proceedings."
"I care deeply about STEM education to our youngsters."
"I think that recognizing the opportunity that exists with this change of leadership in India must be seized by us in a way that is very proactive and sensitive to what has occurred in the past."
"We see great prospects for deepening that cooperation, but we also see that, as India seeks to create a defense manufacturing base and as India seeks to modernize its defense sector, that the United S..."
"I expect that this Committee will work with you in a very open and transparent way, in a frank way, so that we can work together to move the ball and get the veterans the kind of attention that they v..."
"I am not going to sit here and say that you do not need more money to hire more caregivers and other necessary personnel to take care of our veterans."
"I think you are probably the first person to give all of us your cell phone number, so I hope this is not a situation where, be careful what you ask for."
"I think when you are dealing with a huge system like the VA system, you are going to get a lot of push-back from people who are used to being left alone in their regions or whatever the grouping is."
"I want to publicly thank Secretary Shinseki for doing that which he believed would be in the best interest of the Veterans Administration."
"I hope that in your review you are also looking at your hiring processes, because it should not take a long time."
"I was told by the veterans that I have been talking with--many of them live on neighbor islands, so these are rural issues--I was told that even if they got vouchers to go out to get private care, the..."
