04/01/2014
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"Thank you for utilizing the authorities we granted you."
"I would insist that you, in your capacity, lead the effort to make certain that congressional acts of law, as written, as intended, are implemented at the Department of Veterans Affairs."
"money should not matter when it comes to our nation's veterans. Fairness does."
"I think the goals of the program and the priorities of the Secretary become irrelevant."