Jack Bergman actually said...

"We must take these tools, we must put them into play, and with the hope and the knowledge that our operating environment is going to be stabilized in 2020 so the 10-year rising average doesn't keep ea..."

"This has probably been one of the more focused and direct Subcommittee meetings and hearings that we have had."

"Shame on anyone, especially in the VA or on this Committee, who doesn't have that same sense of urgency."

"I would argue an admonishment is not even a real penalty, it is kind of like being grounded without having your allowance taken away."