Jon Tester: “We are holding this briefing today because American public deserves to hear from the Department of Defense, not play…”

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

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

I think it is a very important piece of legislation.

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.