David Roe

I do not see how you can expect a contractor to perform to an ever-changing target.

I certainly can understand her frustration because the hospital for the veterans is not completed.

How do you get out of this mess is what I am saying?

I can promise you if the conditions keep changing, you will never get it done. And it costs more.

You cannot complete a hospital when the target moves all the time and when the design changes all the time.

I have never seen anything like this. This is beyond pale.

The problem is, is that the original design of this facility did not meet the needs of the facility; is that correct?

I cannot understand how this thing gets going and then just change after change after change unless the original design was completely inappropriate.

I think they have been in business for 48 years. They would not be there if they were not competent, I think.

Mr. Roe, I absolutely do. Brasfield & Gorrie's credentials in constructing health care facilities are second to none.

I would say that the private sector employers did that and took risks, as I did as a private employer, to go out and borrow money and create jobs.

We have a duty to ensure our nation's veterans and their families that these problems will be repaired, and never occur again.

I don't think the needs of veterans have changed at all.

If you need some help, if the issue comes up, contact one of these people; and, like you said, there is no wrong door.

I'm absolutely committed to do it. I've agreed a hundred percent we need to do this and start over again.

The government decides what I get. A minimal, an essential benefits package will be laid out by a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

Healthcare decisions ought to be made between the doctor, the patient and the patient's family, not the insurance company, not the federal government.

Why would the Congress want to add more taxes to small businesses?

Let me say that Secretary Sebelius has granted over 1,700 waivers so far. If this bill was that great, why would you have to have 1,700 waivers?

Why wouldn't I do that?

You're going to have less access to care. The quality of your care is going to go down and the cost is going to go up.

It took $550 billion out of an already underfunded Medicare plan.

Healthcare should not be a Republican or Democrat problem. It's an American problem.

We strongly believe in the need for health-care reform and have advocated for it for decades.

Thank you once again, Chairman Roe, and members of the committee, for your interest in learning more about the needs we want on reform.