"I want to add to your answer a second ago, and if I am wrong, I want you to tell me."
"The first use of the accountability legislation in the termination of a senior member of the staff at the Veterans Administration."
"We have not had enough good training in the VA for dealing with suicide, and we need to work on that."
"We have changed the paradigm of the VA."
"Dan is an unequalled individual, in my knowledge, for the subject he's been nominated to handle."
"We want to make these changes on a prospective basis as we make new tax policy."
"It is very important that we not do it."
"Deferral does not mean you are never going to pay it. It just means, I do not have to pay it right at this minute."
"I want to assure Senator Cornyn and the other members to my left that I am not using my back situation as an advantage in my seniority, but I was here first."
"I think the best thing we can do to protect our republic in the long term is see to it that Americans can take care of themselves."
"This bill has been approved by the Senate Finance Committee and is now pending consideration by the Senate."