Thom Tillis actually said...

"It is unacceptable and irresponsible not to have that position filled by somebody and I call on the Administration to do their job."

"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."