"The VA's entire modernization effort requires much work, but today we are here to provide congressional oversight over the IT contracting process."
"This extremely high number of contract obligations requires constant oversight to ensure the American taxpayer dollar is being spent in the most efficient way possible."
"We still have such a long way to go to care for our veterans, and we can not even get their records."
"Nothing could be further from the truth."
"It is extremely disrespectful to our veterans to posit or even to accuse us of wanting to cut VA benefits."
"We are concerned about the lack of accountability, waste, fraud, and abuse within the VA."
"If you just spend that money and you do not have the receipts, you would not call it waste."
"This hearing's findings reveal a troubling lack of oversight."
"A lack of adherence to fiscal controls are clear indicators of a system that is in disarray."
"They deserve so much better than what they are getting today."
"Industry is headed toward the electrical market because that is the market of the future."
"This transition is crucial to our economy. It is crucial to our planet."