Veterans Affairs Secretary testified on capitol hill tuesday on the 2016 Veterans Affairs budget request. The proposed budget is 168. 8 billion, including funding to expand v. A. Care to veterans and transform the v. A. Into a customer centric department. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Tom fuller was a vietnam veteran and the marines and presented himself to the heinz the a with chest pains and went to see the head of cardiology. He did not want to be at a whim loss record, referred him to the floor and there, tom expired of a heart attack. We want to make sure that kind of thing never happens to our veterans, that we have a confident and Strong Administration of people. Mr. Secretary, i have raised this issue a number of times. Behind that is the story of a cardiologist who witnessed this whole thing and felt there was an outright malpractice happening in this case. I know you have a 10 minute opening. Secretary mcdonald thank you mr. Chairman. I have a brief opening statement
Individuals and entities, including home depot, by the way , which is a company has made a huge commitment as im sure you know to support veteran programs. But to supply the eds and all of that. And then these veterans are adopted by this community organizations. It was a terrific combination of people coming together, but it also would not have happened without the money from the grant. So these are the kinds a programs that are very much supportive, handson. Yes, it is veterans, but i figured each one that we help to get on the deposit with their lives, thats worth doing. So i just wanted to let you know that every time i go home, as im sure my colleagues to, we visit with veterans. I do feel bad. Thank you very much for your service. Of course a look forward to working with my colleagues and to make sure that we provide the kind of support that will enable us to meet the challenges of our veterans. Thank you very much, senator. We may have some votes cent. We will have to juggle thi
Resolution. Tip oneill needs no introduction to this body. Those respect and admire tips record, and his long shadow he cast over the peoples house. We all know his best known fame, all politics is local. Its certainly true today as we propose to name a building right here at the foot of capitol hill, a stones throw from this great dome, in honor the our 55th speaker. This is one of those moments when you wonder how the honoree would feel. Especially when its someone like tip who never quite held back his opinions. Perhaps he would have enjoyed seeing leaders from opposite sides of the aisle come together to give him a well deserved hurrah. Surely he would have gotten a kick of being flanked by a building named after Hubert Humphrey and jerry ford, also leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tip actually considered mr. Humphrey one of his heroes. And he had one of humphreys quotes put up on the wall in his office. Now, as for jerry ford, they didnt frankly agree on much
He uses annual stain you the union the annual state of the his owndress to rely on authority. What is your take on the president s fifth state of the Union Address. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. Independents, 202 5853882. Send us a tweet, cspanwj or post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. Heres with the president had to say last night about the state of our union. [video clip] market,ounding housing a Manufacturing Sector that is adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s, more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world, the first time that is happened in nearly 20 years. [applause] our deficits, cut by more than half. For the first time, in over a decade, Business Leaders around the world have declared that china is no longer the worlds number one place to invest, america is. Host his fifth annual state of the Union Address, talking about where our economy is. What did you make of the speech . On facebook, we had these comments about preside
Jillian good friday morning to you. Monday so far away, another day. Every day anxiety starts to sit in. Just kidding, good morning. It is friday morning. Rob thanks for getting up early with us today, Top Democrats threatening to sue the white house and the Intel Community over refusal to release a secret whistleblower complaint. The president is standing his ground. Jillian we learn the report may involve ukraine. Reporter according to the Washington Post who broke the story two days ago the secret whistleblowers complaint involve the president of ukraine and a promise, to a half weeks before it was filed trump spoke with the ukrainian president , a newcomer elected in a landslide in may. That is under investigation by House Democrats examining whether trump and his attorney, rudy giuliani, sought to manipulate the Ukrainian Government to hoping trumps reelection campaign. Giuliani appearing on cnn in a contentious interview says democrats ought to be looking at for a Vice President