"I cannot believe that just throwing more money at the VA is the answer."
"We need a culture where warning signs will not be ignored and twisting performance metrics to make it appear that veterans are being well served will not be tolerated."
"I want to be crystal clear; the culture that has developed at VA and the lack of management and accountability is simply reprehensible."
"I will not accept honest whistleblowers--who want to improve the system--being silenced or having their concerns ignored."
"I commend you. You have made all of us go back and sort of ask about numbers."
"These changes will not happen overnight and this Committee must provide the critical oversight to ensure these changes occur and are effective."
"the problems that have been identified over the last several months--and, I might say, over the next several months as a host of IG reports come out--are effectively and appropriately addressed and th..."
"These changes will not happen overnight, and this Committee must provide the critical oversight to ensure those changes occur and are effective."
"It concerns me because these are veterans that are waiting for their determinations to be made."
"the role of the Office of Special Counsel and the IG are even more crucial now than ever before."
"It does not take the Federal Government stepping in to create something."