Denis McDonough

I think it does, but I also think, Chairman, as you are aware, we have also set up a process...

I do believe we should be. And I think that we are.

The budget ensures we can continue the growth and success of our Caregiver Support Program by fully integrating families and caregivers into the care plans of the veterans they love.

And this budget allows us to continue our success in reducing veteran's homelessness, building on the success of the last decade during which we decreased veteran homelessness by 50 percent.

The budget provides needed funding for women veterans.

As well as an effective backstop to our country's health care system, VA's Fourth Mission has been critically important during this pandemic, as well as multiple other national disasters.

Veterans need deserve a thriving direct care system for generations to come, because it provides high quality, evidence-based, integrated care tailored to their unique needs.

In short, this proposed budget allows us to deliver high-quality whole health care and benefits to our veterans.

Having cybersecurity, cyber hygiene front and center... will have to be a fundamental priority.

I have seen the excellence of our military and I have seen the challenges of long deployments, and I have seen the sacrifices, but I have seen the resilience.

If confirmed I would intend to play that role.

Executing on the modernization has to be a key priority.

Community Care will continue to be a fundamental way that the Department provides care to our veterans.

Every decision I make as Secretary will come back to this principle, which is, is it increasing access for veterans and is it improving outcomes for veterans?

At the end of the day, the principle that will inform my leadership of the VA, if I am confirmed, is whether any decision increases access and improves outcomes for our vets.

The lifeblood of a well-run organization is accountability.

Kick ass and take names.

I do not support privatization.

I will demand a seat at the table, and I will, as the President has asked me to do, be a staunch and fierce advocate for veterans.

Every decision that I make, if confirmed as Secretary of the Department, will be asking two simple questions and to advance two simple principles, which is are the decisions we are taking increasing access for veterans and are they…

I promise to fight every single day to ensure that our veterans have the access to world-class, compassionate care that they have earned.

The Constitution actually divvies that up quite clearly for you all and for the Executive, in Articles I and II.

Every Federal agency has a role in supporting our veterans. If confirmed, I will make that happen.

The statute is clear on this. It says that best medical outcome for the veteran is the objective.

The President has made clear that equity will be a fundamental consideration across the pandemic preparedness and response.