Thank you. David, we look forward to working together to make this confirmation happen as quickly as you can get your stuff in.
I do not want any veteran in this country in harm.
If anyone wants to extend the life of that program, without also taking the steps needed to make it work better for veterans, you are going ...
I appreciate you accepting the responsibility that comes with the duties of the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
You will have to choose whether to pursue what you think is best for veterans or what the President tells you is best for veterans.
The wait time scandals that arose from Phoenix, back in 2014, were something that none of us could tolerate.
We need to get rid of the bad [employees] and get them out of the system.
I look forward to working with you on these issues. I think they are critically important.
There are a lot of folks that are going to be really in life-and-death situations.
If they do not have the dough, what other options do they have?
I am willing to listen to ideas and try to move forward.