Thom Tillis actually said...

"I think Secretary Mabus should be ashamed of the statement he made this week because he has taken the eye off the ball of solving this problem."

"We owe it to these veterans."

"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."

"I have been told that there have been claims denied since I was given an assurance that they would not be for at least the three types of diseases."