Thom Tillis actually said...

"I think it's irresponsible. We've had this--the Secretary come before this committee and say that the number and severity of threats have not been greater since 9/11."

"There is not a single veteran that has ever served in the armed services who will say, we will not fight one battle until we can win them all."

"If we need a backlog to be created because we have people who may have legitimate claims, create the backlog and then we will figure out how to fund the operation to draw down the backlog."

"We owe it to these veterans."