Holt again. Combination. Not there. Ngapeth gets the ball up again. Back to Aaron Russell out of the back row. Hes not happy with the way hes played. Hes attacked the ball pretty well with 14 kills but his overall game is not as good as it has been and he set the bar awfully high. Ngapeth so Court Attendants coming out making sure its dry. Heres the Service Story for the United States. Three aces, ten errors. For france, 13 errors, 4 aces. Back row combination and that ngapeth and rouzier tied for the team lead for france with 17 kills. Shoji not a good pass. That was a relatively easy shot and then a stuff block. That allowed him to get there. Thats a big right hand in the seam. Remember the scenario, the United States got out to 02 start. Theyre now 12 after the win over brazil. France is thats a gift as that ball drifts out of bounds. Its a mustwin situation. United states has to win this match. Nothing changed. After the brazil match, nothing had changed because of the 02 start. It
His proposal for reforming the federal budget process. The Veterans Affairs undersecretary for health testified at a house hearing today about his departments efforts to improve veterans access to health care and reduce wait times. Congressman jeff miller chairs the committee. Thiss just over two hours. Hearing will come to order. Would you like to welcome everyone to todays hearing entitled, a continued assessment of delays in veterans access to health care. This hearing marks two years since this committee exposed the wait time scandal that has gripped the Department Since 2014. Im proud of the work that we have done in those two years, particularly digging into the actions of bureaucrats who whose selfinterest were put ahead with the veterans they were charged with assisting. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efforts that va has taken to improve access to care for veterans and to identify where serious issues still exist. Based on the bipartisan work of this committee, g
Access to care. With that i yield to the Ranking Member, ms. Brown for any opening remark she may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. For calling this hearing today. Following the wait time scandal of phoenix, Congress Passed and president obama signed the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014. In it, we mandated there be an independent assessment of veterans healthcare. The assessment highlight many of the things we hear from our veterans. We hear that va provides excellent healthcare, especially healthcare related to the special needs of our veterans. We also hear that in certain areas, the va is at the forefront of healthcare in this country. We also hear from our veterans that va care is often fragmented and that it can be difficult to navigate and arrange nonva care. We hear of long wait times and limited access. Following the assessment in the Service Transportation and veterans healthcare act of 2015 we mandated a report by the va regarding a plan for how va could con
Especially Health Care Related to the special needs of our veterans. We also hear that in certain areas, v. A. Is at the forefront of health care in this country. We also hear from our veterans that v. A. Care is often fragm t fragmented and that it can be difficult to navigate and arrange nonv. A. Care. We hear of long wait times and limited access. Following the assessment in the Service Transportation and Veterans Health care choice improvement act of 2015, we have mandated a report by the d. A. Regarding a plan for how v. A. Could consolidate all purchase care programs into one new Veterans Choice Program. We received that report last year, and this committee is currently working with the v. A. On the best way to implement the legislative requests. The v. A. Is on track to see, listen to this, 6,277,300 unique patients and 9 million 244 enrollment in fiscal 2015. They completed 56. 7 million appointments. Nearly 2 million more than fiscal 2014. That is rough lly 226 appointmes per
Our series continues on monday with the supreme courts 1944 decision in korematsu vs. United states which upheld the removal of people of japanese descent during world war ii. Aboutn also find out more the landmark cases series online going to www. Cspan. Org landmarkcases. Written by tony mauro and published by cspan, landmark 8. 95s is available for plus shipping. A look at the impact of legalizing marijuana in colorado. Hillary clinton at a town hall meeting in South Carolina. Then, a 2014 interview with howard coble of North Carolina who passed away this week at the age of 84. Now, a debate on the impact of legalized marijuana, team use, crime, and accidents. Looks at then also impact of politics in colorado and other states around the country from the annuals the boat institute a steamboat cotitute freedom nference. Several states are looking at taxing marijuana as a source of revenue. Thats typical of the government. Trying to squeeze blood from a stoner . [laughter] you like tha