Beto O'Rourke actually said...

"I just want to begin by telling you each how encouraged I am by this report that you produced and your testimony today and your answers to our questions, and how grateful I am on behalf of the veteran..."

"What I am concerned about is you have just a little over a year left in this administration. And this is a very exciting, necessary, essential proposal to reform VA care."

"When I was sworn in in 2013, I began to hold regular town hall meetings and I was struck by the number of veterans who would attend them to tell me that they could not get in to get a primary or speci..."

"And what was truly shocking and confirmed stories that I had a hard time believing when I was told by veterans when we first took office was that more than one-third of the veterans surveyed who tried..."