Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I hope the gentleman is not going to try to use the VA as the standard of care that every American should get. We saw the scandals at the VA, veterans dying waiting to get care. We actually passed legislation this Congress that got signed into law last Congress to allow veterans to go to another hospital that can actually treat them if the VA is not doing the job. And I know a number of people in the gentleman's party oppose that, but our veterans appreciated it. While you might be able to get good care at some VA hospitals, there were--and the scandals, you have seen the ads, those aren't false ads--veterans literally dying waiting to get into VA hospitals, and the VA was telling us there was no secret list when, in fact, there were secret lists that were not allowing these veterans to get proper care. So the VA CHOICE Act was passed specifically to address that problem and, ultimately, allow our veterans to be able to go to another hospital if the VA isn't properly taking care of them. Our veterans deserve the best care. If a VA hospital can't provide it, then someone else should, and, in fact, now other hospitals are. Our veterans have asked for that and now have that ability. But if the gentleman wants to talk about bipartisanship, again, I go back to the bills that passed out of committee unanimously. When those bills came to the floor, they were changed to make them partisan.…”