Denis McDonough: “It is simply a fact that we have to do better--and we have identified this fact--we have to do better with our…”

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 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 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.