Again, there was still no mention of a Hospital Systemwide shutdown. And finally at the hearing on june 25th itself there was no mention of a Hospital System shutdown coming in august. Mr. Secretary, im disappointed about the slow, painstaking revelation of this crisis by the department thats led by you. I understand their excuses as to why we are in it this position, however, somebody somewhere took their eye off the ball. Just as congress established a cap on spending for the denver project that va busted, Congress Also provided a budget for va for fiscal year 2015 which the president signed into law and it, too, is now busted. In both instances va has Left Congress with very little time to react to a crisis created by vas own management decisions. While we will not penalize veterans for vas management, or transparency failures, the days when va can come to congress and just say cut us a check are gone. Asking for flexibility without supporting information is not enough. Similar to t
The senate was in session on sunday. They did authorize the export import bank. By now, current funding for transportation projects is set to expire by the end of the week without congressional action. You can watch the senate live on cspan2. Coming next, Robert Mcdonald testifies before the house of Veterans Affairs Committee Full top been question and answer with robert gordon. At 7 00, washington journal is live with this mornings headlines. Robert mcdonald warned that a 2. 5 billion budget shortfall may lead to hospital closures and employee furloughs. He testified as to why there was a budget problem and the possible ways to address it. This is just under three hours. Welcome to this hearing and i appreciate your attendance. We are gathered to discuss vas budget execution for this fiscal year. As the own now, the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretaries testimony on june 5. Deputy secretary was asked this question. If congress does not ask on the 2015 budg
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Organizations are sponsoring the forum. Following the life forum you can provide your input by joining the colin programs are adding your comments. The road to the white house 2016 on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Officials from the dea, the white house and other federal agencies testified tuesday about how to stop the increase in heroine abuse and how pain relief medications have contributed to the problem. They were at a hearing at the Homeland Security committee it is one hour 15 minutes. Our nation faces a profound challenge with the growing heroine epidemic. Last year, a number of heroin deaths grew by a shocking 72 . While northwestern wisconsin suffered six overdoses in six days this february. Clearly this is a problem that does not discriminate by race or class and transcends geography. Earlier this year, the white house released the 2016 2015 Drug Overdose mortality data. The data shows that while drug deaths related to prescription opioids has remained stable since 2012
Kevin ashton, tonight on the communicators, on cspan2. Tomorrow on washington journal, gretchen working set of morgansen talking about the Affordable Housing program. Vince is a girl soon talks about alcoholrelated problems and all fetal syndrome in drinking mothers. Washington on journal, life tuesday at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Officials with the red cross talked about economic recovery, Agency Coordination and delivery efficiency. They were joined by representatives of the Small Business administration fema, and the private sector, during a hearing on postdisaster issues for Small Businesses. Davidundtable was held by vetter of louisiana to mark the anniversary continued. Katrina. This is about an hour. Senator vitter good morning everyone. Welcome. Thank you for joining me for this discussion roundtable about a very important ongoing challenge in relation to Disaster Recovery. Natural disasters are obviously indiscriminate, affecting life, property and livelihoods of families a