I would have liked to ask the VA about this issue today, but unfortunately the VA wasn't given adequate time to prepare their views.

I think those, in many cases, those partnerships are going to help to better serve veterans.

The main reason is that the VA just does not make this a priority.

I shudder to think if you weren't on top of this compliant issue, it would be worse than it is.

I too want to thank our colleagues on the Committee, Congressman Mast and Congresswoman Esty, for introducing these bills.

We, the Committee Members, argued very strongly against this, that this would be a very dangerous road to travel.

I think it is important in many respects for the VA to compare themselves to the private sector.

In terms of nursing home ratings that don't have very good scores, I think we are fortunate here that we have two that do.

I think that there is some agreement in terms of the VA of making sure that we do put out this information.

I just think that the CalVet raises an important issue, and I think the fact that you are drawing on the data to create a long-term plan is really important.

I am curious to know what California's Department of Veteran Affairs does to look at the data...

But some of the other programs that we have mentioned here today could be available to Veterans.