How do we justify that?

It is getting worse.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers, because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government.

The handoff is pathetic.

Our military, the American people, we are willing to do and can do anything if we have the political will to do it.

Somehow, some way, there has to be a better communication between the Department of Defense and veterans.

Our job, role and responsibility is to provide some oversight and to try to fix the problem.

This is truly bipartisan in our approach. We are all concerned about the health and welfare of our veterans.

I appreciate the gravity and the task. I can tell in your voice and inflections you are passionate about this issue.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles: first, Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

To say something like that is not just foolishness. It's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in America.

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It's beneath his dignity.

There -- there's no question but that his campaign is putting out information which is false and deceptive and dishonest.