Year. Dr. Shulkin testified before the house and Veterans Affairs committee. A congressman, who called for the secretary to resign, spoke with reporters after the hearing. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2019 budget submission for the department of Veterans Affairs. Holds 19. 8 6equest million billion. That is a huge number. It is even more striking when you compare the growth in the be a budget to the overall federal spending and the economy. It illustrates his point. Since 2006, the v. A. Budget is up 175 . Overall federal spending increased by 54 and gdp grew only 40 . Given the aggressive expansion of the a resources, i appreciate the secretarys testimony. The Department Must stay focused on the core mission to ensure res
Speaker vos, speaker pro dem, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader schilling, minority leader hence, Supreme Court justices, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, members of the legislature, distinguished guests and most importantly, fellow citizens of wisconsin, it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. Before we start, i want to recognize my wife and our two sons matt and alex. Last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her Ground Breaking work called fostering futures. She and her team continue their efforts with tribal counsels, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers from across wisconsin. Our state agencies have been trained and how to incorporate trauma and form care into the daily routines. She brought together group of first spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this important work and she went to washington to get the
Speaker vos, speaker pro dem, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader schilling, minority leader hence, Supreme Court justices, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, members of the legislature, distinguished guests and most importantly, fellow citizens of wisconsin, it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. Before we start, i want to recognize my wife and our two sons matt and alex. Last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her Ground Breaking work called fostering futures. She and her team continue their efforts with tribal counsels, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers from across wisconsin. Our state agencies have been trained and how to incorporate trauma and form care into the daily routines. She brought together group of first spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this important work and she went to washington to get the
A congressman who called for the secretary to resign spoke with reporters after the hearing. [inaudible] the committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2019 budget submission for the department of Veterans Affairs. Holds 19. 8 6equest million billion. That is a huge number. It is even more striking when you compare the growth in the be a budget to the overall federal spending and the economy. It illustrates his point. Since 2006, the v. A. Budget is up 175 . Overall federal spending increased by 54 and gdp grew only 40 . Given the aggressive expansion of the a resources, i appreciate the secretarys testimony. The Department Must stay focused on the core mission to ensure resources are properly utilized and veterans care prioritize. The able take action on many important items in 2019. Some examples include the implementation of the forever the start of will be a costly and lengthy replacement of the v. A. s Electronic Health record
And now after words on booktv Elaine Lowry Brye mother of four military officers talk about what families go to during times of deployment, she discusses her book be safe, love mom a military moms stories of courage, comfort, and surviving life on the homefront with Patricia Kime Senior Writer for military times. Welcome. I am here with Elaine Lowry Brye to discuss safe, love mom a military moms stories of courage, comfort, and surviving life on the homefront. Welcome to washington. Thank you for being here to talk with me about it. Host tell me a bit about your book. Guest i never intended to write a book. What happened was in 2001, my oldest son headed to the Naval Academy and at that time to communicate with each other, just kind of connect and i began posting on that list. On 9 11 everything change. My son had gone to a Peacetime Navy and with in a few short hours everything changed and i began to write more. I would write about being encouraged and to remember our roots and ultima