12/14/2011
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"The most important thing we can hear in this Committee is that we improve our appeals process and get that problem straightened out."
"We have had manufactured crises of running out of money when, in fact, we really were not running out of money at all."
"If Jon does his job and I do mine, and we have a majority of the Committee present for a quorum on the floor of the Senate tomorrow, on the first vote, then we will hold your markup tomorrow."
"If we can do that together, elected officials, senior appointed members of the VA, and rank and file employees, then we will change the culture of the Veterans Administration, in my judgment, all for ..."