Political Quotes

“when we were kids, we learned a song that I think Herman's Hermits made very famous around 1965. It was the ``I'm Henry VIII, I Am'' song, and it went on for a while about Henry VIII, and then it had a little phrase in there that as kids we would repeat. We would say: ``Henry VIII, I am. I'm Henry VIII, I am. Second verse, same as the first,'' and then they would repeat themselves: ``Second verse, same as the first,'' and they would keep going. Well, today, we find ourselves kind of stuck in that ``Second verse, same as the first'' when it comes to the Veterans Affairs Department and how they have treated veterans in Colorado. I rise, once again, to address troubling reports coming out of the Veterans' Administration. It has now been over 3 years since the Phoenix VA catastrophe--we all remember the Phoenix VA catastrophe, where secret wait lists led to the deaths of veterans. At that time, the VA pledged this problem would be fixed, but here we are ``Second verse, same as the first.'' They said it would never happen again. Well, it saddens me today that in Denver, CO, that promise has been broken. Following the Phoenix disaster, this body passed the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, also known as the VA Choice Act, to expand access for veterans to community medical providers.…”