Jon Tester: “I agree with you 100 percent.”

If that was possible it would already be done.

There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the flexibility.

These are important bills that need to get advanced, and today is the start of that.