Thom Tillis actually said...

"I want to thank the panelists for being here today. This is the beginning of a dialogue, not just a meeting."

"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 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."

"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."