"we could get from the servicemembers there in exquisite detail what they had done that day or the day before, what their job was, but if we asked them why they were there they would say, I don't know, you tell me."
"your comments about you went from a position where you could not be more necessary to a position where many veterans feel absolutely unnecessary to society and to the country."
"I would like you to take a page out of Mr. Iscol's book whose organization provides mental health care for veterans regardless of military discharge and does not wait until they are in crisis."
"Thank you for your service, especially in the time where we first got to know you as undersecretary for VHA."
"Many of these are preventable deaths."
"You were the first secretary that I know of that has made suicide reduction and prevention a top priority."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you for calling this hearing and bringing together these witnesses, who I am so excited to hear from, and to thank you also for highlighting some concerns ..."
"I want to thank you for bringing everyone together and addressing an important issue that in the going on five years that I have been on the Committee we really have not addressed."
"I do want to stress, because there is very legitimate concern today about availability of timely VA loans and appraisals in rural areas."
"Let's meet the demand in some of these extraordinary, you know, unique cases."
"I think what I am trying to get at and I am sorry to interrupt you, but just because I do not have a ton of time, but I want to know how often that is used and what that adds to the wait for someone."