Dan Benishek: “Because I know that in the private sector it doesn't take--if you apply for a job, it doesn't take 2 months.”

Frankly, Mrs. Noem was right, this sounds very much like the VA, you know, government-run healthcare. Sometimes it does not work.

I want to thank Mrs. Noem for bringing this to my attention. I, frankly, was not aware of the severity of the problem.

There should be a long-term management of this with a regular board, just like proposed for the VA.

Dan Benishek, at the time a Republican House Representative, approved; and both of our Democratic Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, approved the project.