Good morning, were placed to welcome back a good friend, dr. David shulkin. She last time you appeared before our committee you were in the virginia undersecretary for health and now kicked upstairs after a nance confirmation vote and that says a lot in this political environment. So congratulations. You have a great background in the philadelphia area, just learned you were in marstown and you certainly bring lat of experience to the job and although im sure these days that the challenges are very dawning for you daunting for you. This hearing is unusual. Rather than the typical Budget Hearing we have at this time of year, were limited to a discussion of the skinny budget, the skinny budget materials the onb sent to the hill in march. They twopage entry for the va doesnt give us much to go on in terms of Program Priorities but the skinny budget gives us the administration is proposing a 4. 4 billion 6 funding increase for the agency and addition theres 2. 9 billion proposed in new man
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Chairman isakson call this meet of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together. I apologize again for being a little bit late i want to make sure were on the right track. I didnt mess anything up. I want to welcome secretary shulkin, who has had a great start. I dont think anybody in this administration started out with a better unanimous vote than he. Doing better than unanimous when you are confirmed. I think the vote last week on accountability was extraordinary. And the way we got to the decision working together was extraordinary and i commend the Ranking Member on his help in doing the same. We have some other things to do today to Start Talking about. Well have some other decisions made. We can keep the same tempo, same discipline, and same commitment to making sure we all know what each other knows before they happen rather than find out after the fact well all be better off. I welcome dr. Shulkin and the other members of the staff that are here today. And appreciate all tha
[inaudible conversations] this morning epa administrator scott pruitt testifies before House Appropriations subcommittee on Donald Trumps fiscal year 2018 budget request for the agency. Live coverage at 11 00 am eastern on cspan3, cspan. Org and the free cspan radio apps. Next, Veterans Affairs secretary doctor David Shulkin testifies on the president s 2018 budget request for his department. The hearing also has representatives of veterans groups talking about budget proposal. This hearing is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] let me apologize for being a little late. A couple things coming down the hall, i dont want to flip up on me but stand at ease. In the air force, and for just one minute, my trusted friend, Ranking Member, will open the [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] call this meeting of the Veterans Affairs committee together. I apologize again for being a little bit late but i want to make sure we are on the right track and i didnt mess anything up
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