"I do not want to do anything that undercuts the importance of the VA healthcare delivery system in-house."
"Let me tell you about a hearing we had last week in this Committee. The topic was substance use disorder."
"I have continued concerns about the capabilities and the support for community care."
"There is not a consistent application of the MISSION Act across the country and even across the VISN that I live in."
"One of the reasons that CHOICE ultimately became MISSION, was enacted by Congress, signed by the President into law, was the lack of providers, adequate number of providers within the VA."
"There can be no delay in the contact between a provider and the veteran."
"It is a significant problem. I recognize that the proposal to have veterans schedule themselves seems like, to me, perhaps a common-sense solution."
"who loses? The veteran."
"That was not the answer I was soliciting, but I appreciate the fact that you took extra--greater willingness to go another step to make a difference."
"I am often told, here is the policy. Senator Moran, we have got the policy that you want."
"Do disabled American veterans know about that program? Anything that you want to share with me or just I will use this as an opportunity to remind myself and the VA that pause has been going now for m..."