Daniel Akaka actually said...

"Congress clearly recognized the risks of sending veterans outside the VA for care, limiting the use of health care contracts to specific circumstances."

"Since taxpayers paid for those reports, should not that information be made public and how is the information in them protected if it has not disclosed the identity of either the patient or the provid..."

"Thank you very much, Senator Begich."

"I want to know that VA is doing everything possible to help in the wake of the recent natural disaster there."