David Roe

Delays cause unnecessary conflict and disruption.

The current process has been long open to manipulation, delay, and drawn out pre-election maneuverings.

Workers deserve a fair process that allows them to decide whether or not to form a union.

Is this the kind of behavior of a federal contractor that we want to reward with more contracts?

I hope that these rules are enough--the proposed rules are enough to address this pervasive problem.

Let the private sector build it.

Maybe we should go another route.

It is embarrassing for me to go back and face my taxpayers at home and the veterans at home when they keep saying, Doc, when is this building going to be done.

So it is not less money. We are still going to--and I think we ought to be honest about that, we are at $1.1 billion.

We still don't have any idea how much it is going to cost.

After listening to this and listening to Ms. Brown for the last several years here, I am not sure the VA ought to ever build a hospital.

I have become more and more convinced, at some point, we have to give every veteran his card with his benefits loaded up in it and let him choose to go to the VA or choose to go to a community provider or a community hospital.

I agree with Dr. Benishek on this, is that up to, whatever, is it 250, there is no way in the world that a coordinator could coordinate that care for 250 people, I don't think.

How long does it take to get help, is what I am saying? It takes a long time, apparently.

They are number 1 in my book forever. As a matter of fact, they ought to have the President's number on speed dial.

I don't know why 2 weeks is put in there. I have never seen a 2-week checkup.

Thank you and your family for your service to the country.

Thank you for your service.

It will be a real loss to our committee.

I think he truly has the veterans' best interest at heart.

I do not know whether this will be the last time I have an opportunity to serve with the Ranking Member Mike Michaud.

I can tell you as an efficient primary care provider, it takes three to four rooms for me to work.

You can't have physicians doing clerical work.

Those things are so frustrating. You cannot imagine how frustrating that is to see that after all this.

I think you are going to be a great secretary.