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Been reduced by half said is the only changes and though lot. It did not grant any type of new power to give me the ability to walk into our room to fire people . It is clear the secretary and those advising him remain confused about what the law actually does, which is much more than simply reduce the appeal time. The secretary cannot simply walk into a room and fire without evidence warranting faction. But the law does give him the authority to remove that employee for corer performance or misconduct. The secretary has cited a plethora of numbers he says illustrates the commitment to hold in...

But what could be more pressing than to make sure our veterans receive the care that they need and deserve . Thank you, mr. Chairman. Other members will be filtering back. But i would like to hear from the acting secretary now. And customarily, we give five minutes, but youll have more time. This is a serious discussion, and we want you to have the time you need to make your case, and we want the members here to have the time they need to ask you the questions. All right, senator burr suggested maybe we should wait a few minutes to make sure all the members come back. Lets take a very quick re...

The hearing will come to order. We are here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2016 budget request for the department of Veterans Affairs. Mr. Secretary, welcome to the committee. Understand that your testimony will be a little bit different today than what we are accustomed to with reference to chart to help us better understand what you are seeing in terms of the challenges that lay ahead and i would say that is indeed a welcome change. So too is the open as you have had with me with members of this committee and this congress about your plans to change the culture at the va. As your tes...

Please proceed with your testimony. Chairman miller, distinguished members of the committee, our goiding principles for implementation of the choice act have been to do whats right for veterans and to be good stewards of taxpayer resources. While our challenges are clear, were turning those challenges into opportunities to improve the care and service we provide to veterans. We are reorganizing v. A. For success to make sure we maximize those opportunities. We call that reorganization my v. A. , an associated Customer Service solution that goes along with it. Because we want veterans to view u...

Washington journal continues. Host we are back with congressman walter jones, republican of North Carolina from the Armed Services committee. What is your assessment of the isis strategy so far . Is it working . Guest let me say that one of the worst mistakes i made since i have been in congress was too vote to pass the aumf, authorization of military force, to give president bush the authority to go into iraq. Host in 2002 . Isst yes, maam, the reason we have a constitutional responsibility and i do not think we should commit our young men and women to war unless we debated on the floor of th...