Steny Hoyer: “First of all, the gentleman makes a good point, and I understand that point. I am not going to ask for a vote on this…”

“First of all, the gentleman makes a good point, and I understand that point. I am not going to ask for a vote on this, because the objective, I think, is broadly shared, and I do not want any implication by asking for a vote that folks trying to make a determination whether or not we guarantee and make sure we have quality health care for our veterans; we want to do that. The way to do that is to work within the framework of that which we have enacted. Fencing off, I think, in this area simply leads, as I said, to fencing off in other areas and takes the heat off getting the most efficient reduction. But I agree with the gentleman's objective and want to support that and want to work with him to ensure that that end in fact occurs.”