"The purpose of today's hearing is to make sure that the care that you and your fellow veterans receive in the Eastern UP is timely, accessible, and high quality."
"the Choice program was designed for areas particularly like the areas here, and we have got to figure out how to make that work."
"So I guess just a broad question to all of you."
"I had the opportunity to visit with a few veterans here today who assured me that they are getting absolutely great care."
"we want the VA to be nimble enough and flexible enough so that we are what we call back in Washington veteran-centric"
"Access to safe, quality healthcare is and must be the priority for the subcommittee."
"I think we need to help to streamline the process."
"I appreciate all of you for your support of the Female Veterans Suicide Prevention Act."
"I would like to express my full support for this bill."
"I think we could all agree that this is common sense, that working with dogs is a very positive thing for some of our veterans."
"I just believe that we need to do more, that you need more assistance, you need a larger team."