Have meetings been held with the whistleblowers since this time?

I hope that the discussion we have had today will help instill in VA that so necessary sense of urgency.

I have joined with a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing the Deborah Sampson Act to address gender disparities at the VA.

What is the current situation for patients transferred for stroke?

But I do want to make the case for VA Central Office to recognize that New Hampshire is in a different situation without a full-service medical hospital.

the groundwork had been laid by Senator Shaheen and by Representative Kuster.

When a patient's safety is at stake, there can be no compromise.

The culture at the Manchester VA Medical Center must change so that our providers follow procedures and clinical guidelines.

If we are truly serious about providing excellent care to our veterans, then we need to change our culture of bureaucratic blockage and budgetary excuses for not providing what is needed.

We cannot fail them any longer. Their lives depend on it.

Thank you, and thank you, Chairman Bergman, for coming to New Hampshire and making the trip.

It is clear now to everyone that the Manchester VA Hospital needs a top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top transformation.

VA can start by holding all of its employees accountable, from the hospital and network leadership to the administrative and frontline staff.

Veterans must be able to trust that the VA will provide them with the best quality of care.

We have been waiting for this for a very long time.

We will hold the Administration's feet to the fire.

That is totally unacceptable, and I just hope you will continue to look into that in particular.

I also continue to support a full-service VA hospital in New Hampshire.