Knowing what you know now, would you still recommend that he receive this award?

So it sounds to me from what you are saying that of all things professional sports has a higher standard than the VA.

But he was recommended for this award.

When we ask these men and women to go to battle for us, the very least we can do is make sure when they come home that they are treated with compassion.

I just want to thank you for the honor. Seeing that I was on the Veterans' Committee once before, and it is like Mr. Doyle said, an honor to be back with you, and I also want to thank you for your ongoing tenacity in pursuing this.

Nobody is perfect. We understand that. We understand that, and we want to help, but what we have seen and what we have heard so far doesn't give us a whole lot of faith.

I know the people in Pittsburgh appreciate it. We have a long history of serving our country.

You heard some testimony from the families here, and since it seems no one from the VA has answered their questions, I am going to try and relate some of those.

Well, then who will do this on behalf of the families?

You understand the gut-wrenching testimony this morning, you understand the concern from Members here, and I can tell you there were a number of Members of the Committee that wanted to make the trip, but unfortunately needed to be in…

I understand that, but I am saying in this case, in this case, because of the multiple deaths, because of the multiple cases of Legionella, in this case, don't you think that if you knew then what you know now, that it would not be…

The Inspector General's criminal investigation... came out of testimony we heard at a VA Committee hearing.