Bernie Sanders actually said...

"The VA has got to be accountable. It has got to be efficient."

"Well, Mr. Acting Secretary, thank you very much for not dealing with niceties, for dealing with realities."

"Is it fair to say that to the degree that we strengthen the VA, we become less dependent on expensive contract care? Is that a fair statement?"

"I want to thank you very much for stepping in, clearly unexpectedly, into a very important position in a very difficult moment in the history of the VA."