Rick Scott

One of the basic problems they have is when they are getting out of the military, they go through a physical, but in that case, they are not always getting a doctor.

How they are going to get there if they don't have a set goal to see how you are going to get there.

When I used to be in the hospital business, my company. We ran 343 hospitals. I created a system that where anything important we measured.

It is too difficult now.

They always think, oh, yes, you hear about the National Guard when there is a hurricane. They are deployed overseas with active duty military constantly.

We have to cast a wider net. We have to do more programs.

It is not every day that we get to hold these Committee hearings outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

No one, no one--they didn't tell us anything, and actually, when I got out it was during a recession.

Those same problems exist in the VA systems, in health care. We have to re-imagine them.

There is now an enforceable cap of what the lawyers can take.

A lot of people have complained about how the Federal Government works.

Many of our Vietnam veterans and people from their generation, there was nothing. It was a brown paper bag and a ham sandwich.

It is pretty scary when people think that way, isn't it?

The test was off a little bit, right?

It is a real honor to be back in my home State and get to do something like this.

No is an answer. Nope, that is not covered. That is--this is covered.

I think a lot of times up here people do have the authority to do the right things.

One thing I did as Governor of Florida is I--when I was Governor, we got all of our, all the money--we dramatically increased our research dollars on cancer.

It is really tough. I built a hospital company and your just heart goes out to people.

I want to thank the chair and ranking member for putting together this hearing.

I think a lot of times up here people do have the authority to do the right things.

I want to thank the chair and ranking member for putting together this hearing.

One thing I did as Governor of Florida is I--when I was Governor, we got all of our, all the money--we dramatically increased our research dollars on cancer.

It is really tough. I built a hospital company and your just heart goes out to people.

In May of this year I joined with 24 my colleagues in both the Senate and the House asking for change at the FDA.