"I am looking forward to the day when I can stand with you behind the podium and celebrate the successes of the V.A."
"One thing I am concerned about is that Congress gave the VA $15 billion for Choice."
"I have a lot of concerns, very grave concerns regarding the funds that have already been spent on updating our veterans claims backlog."
"Veterans still, who deserve their benefits, they are still dying before they can receive their benefits."
"I appreciate that. But then maybe you need to call CBS and clarify this, because this report is all over the place."
"I would hope we could figure out a way to help make sure that goal is achievable since that is the goal, because these veterans deserve better than what is taking place now."
"Thank you all of you for your work, for your efforts, really to save lives and to ensure the quality of life for everybody in our country."
"I want to see if you are coming up or if we are close to a vaccine; what types of new treatments do you envision with this increase of $52 million?"
"I am really pleased to see the increase. I want to see if you are coming up or if we are close to a vaccine."
"We can't afford to let this happen. We can't afford to lose the brain power."
"We need a heck of a lot more students of color to not just graduate from high school, but go on to higher education."