Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"You would advise waiting until sometime this spring or later when there is feedback from the President and Congress before the VA finalizes its Choice Program?"

"Is that the Veterans Experience Office that will be a center point or a core function?"

"We urge this Committee to quickly consider and pass this important legislation to ensure severely disabled veterans are not harmed by VA's inability to enter into provider agreements."

"This task of consolidating and reorganizing community care and the patchwork of programs we have now is certainly an urgent one and apparently a very expensive one."