Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Taking this billion dollars from the Choice program would make it far more difficult and unlikely for the VA to be removed from the High-Risk List."

"Those kinds of failures have real life consequences, too, do they not?"

"You cannot hold accountable people for failing to meet schedules if the scheduling data is unreliable."

"These recommendations that have not been implemented with respect to training have real life consequences, do they not?"