Let me be clear: I am not happy. I'm not wholly satisfied with the VA responses we've received to date.

We must have accountability, wherever it leads us.

I look forward for an opportunity to get some substantive answers from the VA this evening.

We all share the same goal of ensuring that our veterans receive the highest quality care and treatment possible; that they deserve nothing less.

Many congressional Representatives from the region, including myself, have called for a new EIF and Presidential permit before such a pipeline operation can move forward.

I would like to urge you to promulgate those rules as quickly as possible so that the private sector has the certainty that it needs to invest and expand capacity, you know, in regions like the State of Maine.

What VA owes our veterans and our taxpayers, in that order, is a timely, transparent, accurate, and honest account about what mistakes happened.

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Yes, Congresswoman, we are.

I think one of the questions that always came up was the ability to execute funds.

I can understand during the campaign, the President wanted to keep his message focused and, therefore, departments were kind of restricted of what they could do during an election year, but now is the time to govern.