I think you are doing the best you can do, I think Secretary McDonald is doing the best that he can do, but you are both placeholders and you don't have the authority from the White House, you don't have the support from the President to make the kind of changes that need to be made.
Mike Coffman: “I think you are doing the best you can do, I think Secretary McDonald is doing the best that he can do, but you are both…”
On the recordDecember 8, 2015
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Coffman criticizes the lack of presidential support for necessary changes in the VA.
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