Jon Tester: “the direction's not coming from Washington, D.C., Kansas City, or Denver in terms of how to operate.”

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.

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.

we have a vote coming up real quick, so I am going to be very, very, very brief. First of all, Mitt, you have been an incredible U.S. Senator. We are losing some good ones this time around, but you are at the top of the list. My father was…