So the VA needs to be more nimble, and by doing leases with these CBOCs, you can do that.

I want this country to provide for you the things we promised you we would do in a timely fashion.

What we have to do to keep providers in the system-- Sergeant Goodwin, the very fine doctors that you saw are going to get out of the system if you don't pay them.

I want you to have whatever you need to take care of yourself and carry out your mission, number one.

It is impossible to ever repay our veterans for the service and the sacrifice, so ensuring that we keep our promises that every veteran is provided with the care they deserve is the most sacred responsibility I have.

You have to have a choice system where veterans can go outside there if they choose to do so.

I really don't care where you get the care; as a veteran, I want you to get the absolute best care that this country can give you.

I am encouraged by the Committee's efforts to simplify and expand opportunities for programs.

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It is absolutely essential we do that in order to be able to say yes or no.

The FCC, in my view, is not meeting its congressionally mandated goal.

I am voting for this legislation because, on balance, I believe it will provide important legal recourse to victims of sex trafficking and will help hold accountable those websites that seek to exploit them. Protecting these victims should…

Rural America is being left behind.

How do we provide quality care in a timely manner to veterans if you have so many vacancies?

In other words, no matter what one's view may be about the wisdom of the war, to vote to table is to abdicate our constitutional responsibility?

Let me be as clear as I can be. I will do everything that I can to stand with the veterans' organizations and millions of veterans who want to improve the VA and not privatize it.

But when we put money into the VA, we expect it to stay in the VA.

I resent taking money meant to go into the VA going into the Choice Program.