Brian Mast actually said...

"I would absolutely personally, speaking for myself, want to shut off the entire system of asylum right now until we have dealt with the program as a whole and in an appropriate manner."

"There is nothing about it to be proud of. It is like Central Park: anybody can walk in there, it is crime-ridden, and everybody around it has to pay the price for that."

"If your bathtub is overflowing, what is the first thing that you do if your bathtub is overflowing? You shut off the water."

"Unless VA can, through your procedures for evaluating cost, give us as Members of Congress who would appropriate money to the VA for general funds or specific programs, sometimes we get a little nervo..."