"These repeated failures, which occurred at military medical treatment facilities all around the world, indicate systemic problems within the military healthcare system."
"My primary concern is to make sure that the failures you experienced in the military medical health system do not happen to other service members."
"Our service members, who sacrifice so much, deserve the best medical care that we can provide, and we, as an institution, let you down."
"I want to take this moment to thank you in particular. Because of the malpractice you suffered, your time is numbered in days and weeks, not years and decades."
"Feres is the product of judicial activism and Congress' silence."
"Is it the right kind of a policy to, you know, have their doctors, the ones who are fighting and dying, you know, not concerned about a lawsuit but every other doctor, to include the ones that do work..."
"But it appears that these facilities are providing services, first and foremost, to the spouses and the dependents."
"I worry that there aren't enough sophisticated medical professionals with gynecological training in the military."
"Let me clarify for everyone that this committee has full jurisdiction over the quality of medical health care in the military, and that is why we are having this hearing."
"I think we have struggled for a long time on the issue of widowhood and the compensation issue, and it is one that has to be fixed."
"This includes standardizing patient experience, improving quality of care, and increasing access to care--reforms that are essential to fixing the types of issues highlighted by your cases."