Do not overbureaucratize the response, or it will take entirely too long.

The accountability piece is kind of the linchpin for me, and I have harped on it the most.

What we are looking for is an explanation, for which there is none to this moment, for some of the egregious things that have happened over the last few years.

This, in turn, will ensure veterans will be able to get the timely, quality health care they've earned.

I believe the American people expect, and I believe that the veterans of America expect, there to be an accountability mechanization that they understand.

I want to enforce the Tester-Burr Rule, and that is where there are differences there can be common ground.

We must fix this and get it right for our veterans.

I think ultimate accountability to you as the best authority, as the leader.

I hope that the next time that we meet we will be discussing our mutual joy and success at coming up with significant legislation for the Veterans Administration.

We do want accountability in the VA. Do want Choice to work, we want caregivers providing care to those injured prior to 9/11/2001 to have the same benefits as those afterwards.

I remain committed to doing exactly that. Our veterans, on Memorial Day, deserve a new VA set of standards and the hope of accountability that is meaningful and real.

Our goal is to have an omnibus bill that this Committee, Democrat and Republican alike, agrees to.