Just one more question for you all and Dr. Hicks, is the CDC's recommendation zero tolerance?

I think you can say that yeah, the easy answer is a lot of things were tried but the answer is yes because it is prevented in a lot of other places.

I think we do owe these families an apology.

Where are the people who actually were involved in doing this? They should be the ones who are here.

It is simply unacceptable in a time of tightening belts that over $1 billion is being wasted by the VA due to a computer error when the money could be put towards benefits and health care for our Nation's veterans.

I think having been in the operating room thousands of times, I always planned on a train wreck and hoped I would go on a train ride, and what we need to do is plan-- this is a train wreck. We need to plan the train ride I think is what we…

Before we begin, I would like to take a moment to extend my condolences to the people of Newtown, Connecticut.

Congress is ultimately responsible for legislating changes that will improve the long-term health and stability of the multiemployer pension system.

I am, as one who spends his life working on fixing businesses, an optimist.

I hope you will help us get the answers we need without unnecessary delay.

And I think both sides of the aisle understand that we have got a little bit of a timeline with this sunset to get moving.

And I really appreciate you being here a week before Christmas because I felt it was very important.