"we had no idea on these PACT teams staying over there; that took us blind-sided, it was unacceptable."
"If any of us needs a reminder of the importance of a free and professional press in this country..."
"I agree with the Chairman on the asset review piece and I think it does give us opportunities."
"The hand of Congress exercising its oversight authority has been much more present."
"I looked at the first budget that I showed up on in 2009, it was 93.5 billion and about 250,000 employees..."
"if we are looking for the easy fix or we are looking to pass the buck on this, that is simply unacceptable."
"the buck does stop somewhere. And again, for years I heard it, it stops with the President and it stops with the Secretary."
"the hiring freeze has precluded us from filling these positions and it has adversely affected veterans' care."
"this idea of making sure VA employees are able to come up here, speak candidly about what is going to improve our veterans' care, I am appreciative of that."
"we have veterans waiting."
"there is an abject failure in leadership to get this right."