in the room today and you all have been very generous and polite in your welcome. after wednesday's release of an interim inspector general report, we now know that the va has a systemic totally unacceptable lack of integrity within some of our veteran health facilities. the lack of trust involved wait time for appointments. our internal review of other large va health care facilities show that to be you. the breach of integrity is irresponsible, 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 bleechb that. i no longer believe it. it is systemic. i was too trusting of some and i