I personally believe that the VA needs competition.

I cannot believe that just throwing more money at the VA is the answer.

Your charge moving forward will be to ensure that this entire Department--from top to bottom--is re-focused on providing our Nation's veterans with the high-quality service they have earned and they deserve.

Without serious changes at the VA, the reports of mismanagement, fraud, whistleblower retaliation, and more will continue.

My hope and expectation, Mr. McDonald, is that you will not allow VA to ignore the signs of deep dysfunction at VBA.

It is tough for anybody to envision why somebody would take this job.

My hope and my expectation, Mr. McDonald, is that you will not allow VA to ignore the signs of deep dysfunction at VBA, but will work to resolve any systemic problems immediately.

I commend you. You have made all of us go back and sort of ask about numbers.

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 they are not allowed to happen again.

the role of the Office of Special Counsel and the IG are even more crucial now than ever before.

It concerns me because these are veterans that are waiting for their determinations to be made.

These changes will not happen overnight and this Committee must provide the critical oversight to ensure these changes occur and are effective.