Annie Kuster actually said...

"How can we ensure that the information and data collected by the VA is, in the words of the GAO, accurate, valid, and complete?"

"This can perhaps be best summed up in the title of GAO's testimony--'Improved Data Reliability and Monitoring Needed for Department of Veterans Affairs.'"

"We will not arrive at the answers to all these questions today. But I am hopeful that beginning this discussion today will lead us to solutions that we can all agree on."

"This is my first hearing as Ranking Member of this Subcommittee, one of the most important subcommittees in Congress, and I look forward to working with Chairman Coffman and all of my colleagues."