moments ago. >> let me address the elephant in the room today. you all have been very generous and polite. after and's release of an interim inspector general report, we now know that va has a systemic, totally unacceptable lack of integrity within some of our veterans health facilities. that breach of trust involved the tracking of patient wait times for appointments. our initial findings of our on going internal review of other large va health care facilities also show that to be true. that breach of integrity is irresponsible. it is indefensible and unacceptable to me. i said when this situation began weeks to months ago that i thought the problem was limited and isolated because i believed that. i no longer believe that. it is systemic. i was too trusting of some and i