Mark Udall actually said...

"I want to thank my colleague, Representative Perlmutter, for his hard work, and our former colleague, Senator and now Secretary Salazar, for leading the charge when it looked like the VA was going to ..."

"I am glad to have the chance to testify today about the new--and, we hope, final--plan for the VA Medical Center on the Fitzsimons campus in Aurora, Colorado."

"It is again one of the highest priorities for the VA."

"We have a new, and we hope a final plan for the VA Medical Center on the Fitzsimons Campus in Aurora, Colorado."