"What we are asking for is...qualified veteran-owned small businesses getting the priority to get the contracts."
"I think it is great for the citizens. I think what we are seeing is a great example of how the checks and balances can work."
"I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership and I yield back."
"I believe this follow-up hearing deserves this Committee's full attention."
"What you are doing is not just defrauding the taxpayers, you are cheating a veteran who is coming back from serving this Nation."
"The current requirement is for 100 percent control."
"I am certainly the VA's staunchest supporter. But at times, I can be the harshest critic."
"What I am trying to figure out is, is how we use what you have given us, how we apply that to improve."
"I support the VA policy on this. I support 38 CFR 74."
"If you are a business and you are applying fraudulently on the backs of veterans, I think we should smoke you in the public like you have never been smoked."
"How did you get that done? So you got a hundred percent of these contractors that are helping with verification are veteran-owned small businesses that is great and that is a positive story."