"I have learned a lot about it through working with Senator Murray on our military construction efforts."
"During COVID, did you all have the ability to cut through some of that stuff?"
"Accountability and transparency at the VA are imperative in ensuring quality care within the organization."
"I recently joined Senator Peters in introducing the VA Peer Review Neutrality Act."
"Nobody cares if they are Democrats or Republicans, and this Committee is a very, very bipartisan group."
"There is not many things in Congress where there is a lot of consensus, and I think that there is real consensus, both in the House and the Senate, Democrats and Republicans, that we simply need to ge..."
"We need to better understand the problem before we can provide a solution."
"Whatever we do must respect and protect the private property rights of U.S. citizens."
"if people are in the VA system, they are less likely to commit suicide."
"this Committee really does work in a very, very bipartisan way, and because of that, in the last couple of congresses we got an awful lot done."
"it does appear that when you visit with people, you know, that are involved, that there is just something about government that makes things pretty complex."