"Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our progress at the Department."
"we are not trying to suggest that this be turned into a mandatory program."
"President Biden describes our country's most sacred obligation as preparing and equipping the troops we send into harm's way and then caring for them and their families when they return."
"You all did us a massive solid by passing the RAISE Act and attaching that to the Omnibus which itself was very generous."
"We are still not competitive with docs. We're still not competitive with medical center CEOs."
"This Budget will ensure VA is moving swiftly and smartly into the future as we serve our two core requirements: timely access to world-class care, and timely access to earned benefits."
"we support the PACT Act and we do that for important reason, because it will, from my perspective, it will help us get access to more vets and get those vets into our care."
"We are taking this very, very seriously."
"We are obviously instituting the President's plan for us to get to Zero Trust architecture."
"We have set a goal this year to get 38,000 veterans, homeless veterans, into permanent housing this calendar year."
"I wish I could have ensured I had the benefit of better data on which to make my recommendations."