Thom Tillis actually said...

"We need to have you come back and tell the Congress when we are the main reason why you cannot do what you want to do."

"Anyone in this body who tells you that there is a movement afoot to privatize the VA has either been mislead or they are trying to mislead you, and I am not going to be a part of that, nor am I going ..."

"I am tired of some of the suggestions by Members of Congress who say that there is some plot out there, or agenda, to do it. It is simply not true."

"We cannot constrain what, in your best judgment, is the best way to serve veterans and then come up here and quietly prevent you from doing that."