04/01/2014
https://congress.gov...
"We asked VA in 2014 to do something no organization can do, which is to put up a nationwide network together in 90 days."
"Because really all the patient--all the veteran patient cares about June 7, I come down to the VA and I need an appointment, can I get an appointment? That is all they really care about."
"We know that VA can't be everything to everybody, just like the private sector sometimes has to."
"I am a veteran and I have been a patient. And like any other veteran or patient, civilian or not, I am going to seek out the best care that I feel for me and my family."