"Investing in solutions and resilience today will help manage and limit those risks and serve as a foundation for job creation, healthier communities, and economic opportunity."
"Taking action means there will be challenges but also opportunities."
"I really don't think that there is anything special that the VA can offer that can't be done in the community."
"Let's take Winston Churchill's advice and not fail to take advantage of this opportunity to advance our systems for the good of our veterans."
"We need every single tool we can probably gather. We're not in a position to be able to show--to shut the door on any sort of option whatsoever."
"Sometimes we have to start by fixing deeper foundational problems."
"The recent events surrounding the VA have been very disturbing, to say the least, but it was Winston Churchill who said, 'Never fail to take advantage of a crisis.'"
"Perhaps we need to consider streamlining the system in accordance with the mission statement by targeting caring only for war related illness or injury."
"Now is the time for problem identification, for opening to the consideration of conventional and unconventional ideas and formulation of bold steps to institute carefully conjured solutions."