"So then if you're the captain of that ship, if you will, you're the director of that medical center, and you know that to eliminate that infection rate because of the use of a dirty instrument is goin..."
"So then what I hear, the VISN is part of the problem, not part of the solution."
"Are you saying that outside the VA system there's not enough data, not enough standardization procedures that we can just take what's working in another hospital somewhere--are we reinventing the whee..."
"When you have a veteran who's getting a procedure done today, and if they have to think that they're assuming risk--that's shameful."
"We want to make sure the veterans don't get infections because instruments aren't cleaned."
"If you don't assume the mission and take control of it and take responsibility for it, we're going to be having hearings like this again."
"The service disabled veteran-owned small business, or SDVOSB, contracting preference program is a crucial element of the commitment of this country, of our country, and its government that we make to ..."
"It is unfair that companies that cannot pass muster move on to operate in less strict areas of the contracting world."
"The need for government-wide verification of SDVOSBs is a perennial issue that has existed since the SDVOSBs preferences were created."
"a one-stop-shop within SBA for all Federal contracting certifications."
"Well, given that bit of data, Mr. Chairman, I am going to reflect to you a bit of change that occurred about, oh, 18 to 20 years ago..."
"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..."