Kay Hutchison actually said...

"I admire and respect you as much as anyone I have ever known in the Armed Services; and I am going to support your nomination."

"I think we have made the commitment with the funding over a period of 5 years to be able to take that next step and I will look forward to working with you on that."

"The claims processing wait is about half-a-year and that is just unacceptable."

"I hope that you will continue and bring that home."