Jon Tester: “I want to talk about something the Chairman has been an advocate of for some time now and this is community health…”

I think we need to take these things seriously. I think the president and I think, more importantly, the military are taking it very, very seriously.

In the end, do you think you can deliver this at or less of a cost the pipeline would have run you?

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.