Right now, in my view we need a revolution in terms of primary health care in this country.

I would hope very much, with your leadership, with President Obama's leadership, that we could bring some concrete--real, concrete changes so people understand what sustainable energy means, what energy conservation means.

I was very pleased to hear, in your remarks, your understanding about the crisis of global warming, your understanding about the absurdity of us spending many, many hundreds of billions of dollars every year importing foreign oil into this…

I think you can't bring them all back in overnight, but I think the goal must be that any person who wore the uniform of this country, regardless of income, should be able to come back into the VA.

let us not forget those people who are still suffering from Gulf War Illness.

It is just incredible that in this age of computer technology that people submit claims, they don't hear for months and months, and it goes on and on.

I think that is a great investment and I hope we can expand that whole area.

The good news is we have begun to make some progress. The bad news is that we have a long way to go, in my view.

we have a moral obligation to our veterans to make sure we provide them the best care that we possibly can.

You can't run a system as large as the VA if you do not know what your budget is going to be.

I know you are going to be a great leader and the VA certainly needs the kind of leadership that you are going to be providing.

We have a solemn obligation to make sure that every man and woman who has fought in that war, when they come home, they get all of the care and the benefits they have been promised.