"We have cured 100,000 veterans of Hepatitis-C. That is amazing. That is just amazing."
"I think you see the interest level in veterans' affairs, you know, throughout the congress and the administration."
"Working with Ms. Brownley on a bipartisan basis, we should be able to get something accomplished."
"The VA Committee was the single most productive bill-wise Committee in the congress, in the last session of congress."
"The VFW supports requiring VA to enforce compliance with VHA Directive 1330.01."
"It is amazing that we have to do that sometimes, but, you know, that is exactly what we are here for."
"I promise to work with you to address that as rapidly as possible."
"We do need to bring it back up and see if we can push it over to the Senate."
"We do have more drugs floating around in the VA system than should be. It is partly over-prescribing, but it is also partly our fault in the system."
"You are shining a light on a large problem, and you are also helping fix the problem, and I thank you for that."
"This has been my first ever Members Hearing like this. It is a--I know it is not a common forum, but it is a great forum for us to actually hear from our Members."
"I challenge and plead with my colleagues on this great bipartisan Committee to accomplish what is now possible: efficiently ensuring that every veteran in America has access to a peer to peer support ..."