Matt Rosendale actually said...

Again, we continue to go back to the intent, and the intent is to utilize the economies of scale.

Competition in contracting is a positive thing, and we need to incentivize this at the VA.

Government contracting is supposed to be a level playing field. However, the VA's become a notoriously difficult, arbitrary client.

To put it simply, the market is concentrating, spending is going up, and the number of companies receiving the contracts is going down.