"I believe this IR has regulatory effect and that this effect may serve to dis-incentivize the very practices we are hoping to promote."
"I am concerned with the process by which this interpretive rule was effectively finalized."
"I think all of us where you get it, we are trying to separate adequate resources from effective use of those resources."
"This is a pivotal moment that we are at, pivotal."
"This is a bipartisan effort, but--and the chairman and I are friends and he knows me well enough, he knows that nobody does passive-aggressiveness like Minnesotans."
"The core mission of the VA needs to remain intact. We need to strengthen it."
"We all know there should be one record. We all know that DoD and VA should work together."
"We need to figure out a national veterans' policy. We need to have a national focus on this."
"It's incredibly disappointing to hear how you've been handled. It's beyond the pale that some of this would go on."
"We should be stewards of every taxpayer dollar and no veteran should receive a claim that doesn't deserve it."
"I am amazed at the lack of anticipating what is going to be asked of you when you come here..."