I am just absolutely amazed at your lack of professionalism in not understanding the origins of this project.

I am very disappointed, you know, President Trump ran on the fact that he was going to clean up the Veterans Administration.

So, all in all, it may actually work out as a positive.

It is important we apply these lessons we have learned from this project and apply them to the Army Corps' model for project management to future VA super construction projects.

It was certainly clear on the PTSD issue, but not on the PACT team issue, and I am just surprised that there is no definitive plan in the works, because it is going to be very, very expensive to keep this old hospital open.

I want to try to zero in here on the questions about what your plan is now to make sure that after the taxpayers have spent $1.6 billion that veterans in Colorado won't have longer wait times.

PTSD was not included in the initial plan for the hospital.

So we have an increase in personnel, a dramatic increase in personnel.

In terms of the primary care outpatient, obviously a tremendous reduced capacity in that.

we need to--and myself--put the care where the veterans are, not make them come...

A shining example of Congress getting it right is Representative Mike Coffman who was one of the leaders in demanding change and accountability for the Aurora project.

I disagree with that.

My greatest concern is whether VA has the infrastructure in place to meet the needs of veterans in Colorado and its neighboring states.

I mean, that absolutely makes no sense.

The fact that Ms. Fiotes is here today... is a signal to me that the VA has not changed.

I guess I can understand how this project got in the condition that it is.

But you knew that was not correct, that the project at that time, given all the change orders, could not be built for that amount.

For the record, I want to know why PTSD was taken out of the initial plan of the hospital.