"I am inviting you to come and see it and actually see for yourself the need to rebuild it."
"Will you commit to working with me to expand care to those veterans and also to secure, from the Department of Defense, the records that are needed to assess the potential exposure that they have?"
"But right now, this system, as the Senator from Texas said so well, is broken in fundamental and disastrous ways."
"I think it's not only possible, it's obligatory at this moment in our history."
"the kinds of abuses that are documented in the Polaris Project, in Operation Blooming Onion... are much more widespread"
"Senator Blumenthal's draft bill examined in the Committee's May 24 legislative hearing provides such reform."
"Uncovering the need and the consequences of oversight and scrutiny in this area is very important, and I look forward to reading the investigative report that uncovers staffing shortages, high turnove..."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the Ranking Member, Senator Braun, as well, and thank you for all of the input that you are providing today."
"With all of the issues that are facing us today that are in the headlines, sometimes the most important work doesn't get the attention that it deserves, and this work is among our most important."
"What do they wish they had known?"
"We are talking about transparency."
"I think more than half the States now rely on private contractors to do this kind of oversight and certification."