Political Quotes

“There is nothing in the SCRUB Act that is going to slow it down. It is not an excuse for the administration to do what they have been trying to do for the last 7 years and have absolutely, totally failed to do. How many times are we going to get constituents coming into our own offices complaining about the VA? I guarantee that if you go across this country and ask the people that work in your offices what are the number one, two, and three complaints and problems that they have, I guarantee you in the top three it is going to be veterans. We are not taking care of the veterans that we need to take care of. We are not going to be introducing a bill that is going to harm our ability to fix that problem. But you are naive, at best, if anybody thinks that all the regulations in place right now are just perfect, because that is, in essence, what they are arguing: it is perfect. We don't need to get rid of anything. We just need more, more, more regulations. Take a bipartisan group of people, let them look at it, study it, and spend the time necessary in a bipartisan way. That is reasonable. That is why we should vote ``no'' on this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”