Sherrod Brown actually said...

"Nick, I want to thank you for your testimony and pointing out where the loopholes are sought and openly shared to hide the fact that the facilities are not meeting their performance metrics."

"We are only doing 2 percent. Only 2 percent of those folks actually are referred out."

"Why is only 2 percent per year of the total unique patient population in mental health sent out for non-VA care?"

"Are there instances in which we, the VA, collectively, everybody here, we have let somebody fall through the cracks."