Denis McDonough

That's a major help to us.

We should be able to watch this develop and be in a position to make sure that we have the people and the space to take care of those vets.

We are going out to get new veterans into the system.

You and your fellow Senators have kept the heat on and the delegation have kept the heat on us.

That's a major help to us.

We want to make sure that we compete for the veterans' care, and we can compete on quality.

That's a major help to us.

We had a very good couple of years hiring. I just said that we hired, net, 14,000 nurses in the last two and a half years.

We are tracking with each of our visits, at the VISN level, what their spend every month, what their enrollment is every month, and what their FTE count is every month.

We want to make sure that we compete for the veterans' care, and we can compete on quality, and we want to make sure that veterans know that we're invested in their quality.

You and your fellow Senators have kept the heat on and the delegation have kept the heat on us.

We have right sized our eyes and our stomach in this program, having learned very hard lessons over the course of the last almost four years of deployment of the new system.

There's no justification for Mr. Conine's the situation that he's experienced or that his survivor and his family members are experiencing.

You have my commitment to implement those recommendations.

You have my commitment to implement those recommendations.

You have my commitment to implement those recommendations.

Ian Fishback was also a national hero, one.

I think Senator Murray is challenging us.

We are determined to meet these goals laid out in the program, because the President expects us to, but as importantly, because our vets need it.

The most exciting thing about telehealth is that it reduces the barrier to access.

We need to reach those folks. We need to make sure that they know that some of these exposures are covered.

We feel pretty good about how this year, and the out-year look.

We are continually looking for ways to increase our partnership, and the Federal portion of that partnership, either through per diem, or through grants as we develop new facilities.

We are going to increase access, is what we are going to do.