Richard Burr actually said...

"I am anxious to hear those individuals who are here to testify, and I thank you for calling this hearing."

"the time might be ripe for shortening certain statutory and regulatory response periods for the purposes of expediting the processing of claims and appeals."

"If we can bring down that remand rate, there is no question that we can improve the timeliness of our decisionmaking overall within the system."

"I think we would all agree that is unacceptable."