Tim Walz

I mean, I am just wondering if there comes a diminishing return or if this is a program that should be exponentially be able to grow, to assume that.

care of our warriors is our top priority, whatever it takes.

if there is one veteran not being served on time that is one too many.

We do not want them to be medicated with only drugs. We want them to get better.

I think it is being targeted, laser focused on that while moving the things we can.

If you leave with anything, leave with the faith that although messy and ugly and, as Churchill said, the worst form of government ever, as democracy is, but better than every other one.

You understand that this country's promise to our veterans is sacred, and to make sure that it is followed through with is not only our moral responsibility, it is our national security responsibility.

I always say this to our friends from the VA. I am your staunchest supporter, but I will be your harshest critic, because if one veteran falls through the crack, it is one too many.

In a time of economic uncertainty, we have to be very pointed in how we are doing this.

The benefit of the doubt always goes to the veteran. That is where I approach it from.

Thank you, Chairman Runyan, for the invitation to this beautiful district and this beautiful facility.

Thank you each for being here. More importantly, thank you for choosing to serve our veterans.

We need those few good men and women when they come back to go to the VA if they need the care.

I think a fix on this--and I throw this out. I maybe should have asked the Colonel when he was up here from the state perspective a little more. I am a big fan of these county veteran service officers having more power to help push these…

Older veterans, we all lived through this where you wouldn't go to a VA hospital because you were afraid of the care you would get.

Jon is trying to get it right. He chose to be there, and since day one has decided that first and foremost the care of our veterans trumps everything else.

There is absolutely no difference culturally in the care of our veterans.

As we wind down two overseas conflicts, our military population will soon begin the process of transitioning to our veteran population.

This perception that you know is real, that you guys are just trying to delay these until they die, or you are told to kick them back and not approve them, that causes so much tension in this.

That is the way it should be done.

It is my hope that through our mutual efforts, we can make the difference needed to increase access to C&P exams.

The VA medical centers are the best health care in the world.

It is our goal to try and get there, to do a more perfect union, if you will.

It is absolutely ludicrous that we don't have that seamless.

The risks or the risks of bad PR? Because it seems to me they spent more money on the risks of bad PR than the environmental risks.