John Sarbanes actually said...

"obviously, a hiring freeze and other kind of resource restrictions on the VA that are imprudent can have an impact"

"you impose this draconian hiring freeze when you have thousands and thousands of positions that are open, and that's going to aggravate a situation in which the agency can't deliver at the level that ..."

"I authored, in the last Congress on a bipartisan basis, a bill that would encourage and provide resources to the Department of Energy..."

"I would rather see an outcome that would be achieved with more innovation at that level, working with our private-sector friends."