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Frustrated with the process and is in active discussions with senior white house officials about withdrawing his name for dr ration for the cabinet post. this also comes as we learn now details about the allegations dr. jackson faces. hallie jackson has the latest on this. >> reporter: new allegations against ronny jackson. in documents obtained by fbs news compiled by the top democrat on the veteran affairs committee. tester says nearly two dozen and former colleagues claim jackson recklessly prescribed the drugs. that he kept questionable records for controlled substances and that he drank o...

Confirmable in your eyes if he answers these allegations to your satisfaction? >> i think he's still -- i think there is still a potential of a confirmation hearing and vote. >> okay. you said a hearing and a vote. that doesn't mean -- you have the big shesh ire cat smile. is there any way you would vote for him to be va secretary you senator tester. >> i'm not there yet. we have more work to do with the allegation asks the claims put forth and more scrutiny on his ability to handled a budget as big as the va's budget and the people under him. >> democratic from montana, senator jon tester. th...

Bureaucracies. are there people willing to make necessary sacrifices to effect real and positive change? >> why he -- yes, absolutely. i think that senator ted cruz we've done three town halls with is one of those politicians. he's willing to step up and increasing for bad employees and increasing health care choice for veterans who are trapped in a system. and we think there's in congress to make the changes. leland: so often in government when there's a problem they throw more money at it. as reagan said, if you've got a problem, subsidize it. to that end, the va's budget increased 84% under...

>> period. >> draper is the director for health care investigations for the gao which has labeled va health care high risk in terms of government management and has done so since 2015. draper says even today the va's wait time data is simply not to be believed. they're longer. >> oh, yes. in almost every case we find the actual wait times are longer than what the va is reporting. >> it has been nearly four years since cnn began exposing the secret wait lists and fabricated wait times and delays in care and the patients who died waiting for that care. it's been three years since congress approv...

>> reporter: it has been nearly four years since cnn exposed the wait time. fabricated wait times, delays inpatients who have died waiting for that care. it's been three years since congress approved $16 billion in additional funds for the va to fix those problems. in fact since 2009, the va's budget has nearly doubled. and yet the problems and some would say the lies at the va persist. >> still happening. >> reporter: eric handel is the lead investigator for the congressional committee that led a year's long investigation into veterans dying while waiting for care. yes, he says, then and now,...