Political Quotes

I really appreciate that, your openness, your willingness to listen to me as a minority member and as a ranking member and move forward in that regard.

Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. Before I ask the question from Ms. Pape, I want to thank you and the many employees at the VA for your efforts to care for our veterans and to serve our veterans as well all across the country.

If there are real and reasonable roadblocks to implementation, we need to know what they are and how to fix them.

VA's entrenched bureaucracy must be shaken up in order for any true reform--reform that is so desperately needed to better serve our veterans--to succeed.