"I think in Minnesota and Iowa, we are talking 1.6 billion in economic impact over the past year."
"I think we need to continue to restate that so that we focus on the root problem."
"I am a real proponent of going ahead and just doing what we need to, what I believe many people think that we need to do, to just move forward."
"I think there is some good thinking in there. I look forward to speaking with you about it."
"I would like to associate myself with your comments on the RAC Program and trying to get a broader base of audits out of it."
"I do not think anybody should leave this Committee meeting thinking that anybody here has any serious goal or objective to privatize the entire VA."
"The other question that I had or the thing that I think is very important is we need to get a 5-year, 10-year, 20-year picture of what Choice non-VA care means."
"I also have concerns about the overrun in the Denver hospital."
"I think that that is critical in order for what you have requested in the letter that you sent us to have any prayer of serious consideration, you need to map out how we would have assurances that it ..."
"It was just a bad decision that really raised--one of the reasons why you are probably experiencing the threefold increase in requests is that these kinds of things just absolutely undermine the confi..."
"We should not lose sight of the fact that most of the solutions to the VA are good things that are going on in the VA."