Denis McDonough: “I think Senator Murray is challenging us.”

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

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.

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