Mazie Hirono actually said...

"I think it certainly encourages the kind of activities that we are scrutinizing today."

"The Veterans Health Care System is a promise we made to America's veterans--that we will take care of them in return for their service and sacrifice."

"I would envision that any kind of an assessment of the entire VA health care system would involve not just this process that Secretary Shinseki has described to us."

"I think it is really important to educate our servicemembers, explain to them that the cuts that are being made are not mainly coming on their backs."