Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the republican leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , earlier this morning it was suggested that republicans are creating a problem on the portmanshaheen bill because were insisting on amendments. Im stunned that anybody would think insisting on amendments would be unusual or out of order. Thats what we used to do in the senate. We had amendments offered and we had votes on them by both sides. One senator, it was suggested, insisted on an obamacare amendment. That was dropped five days ago. Nobodys insisting on an obamacare amendment on the portmanshaheen bill. Senator vitter suggested that earlier but decided that was not a good idea on this particular bill because it was the opportunity we hoped to get four or five votes on important energyrelated amendments. And senator durbin actually objected. So i think i
Disputed area, it is one of our topics this morning as we continue on the washington journal. Dan dollinger will be june Daniel Dellinger will be toning us from indiana discuss Eric Shinseki, later, the ambassador to ukraine will give us the latest on the elections in that country and what it means moving ahead for the u. S. Insia, and europe. You are watching and listening to the washington journal. Back in a moment. [video clip] i focus on trying to stop waste, catching people who did it in the past. Go out, figure it out, handed up, say it is 50 , 30 , 60 , we are spending a lot of money and my staff time staff time could be better spent trying to find and identify problems and correct them. I ask you has the American People got their moneys worth . Their full moneys worth . No, definitely not. Beensome good things have done. A lot of good things. We have a lot of hardworking at the department of agriculture, interior, people from the department of commerce, a lot of people have dev
We are dramatically increasing funding for Veterans Health care, including hundreds of millions of dollars to serve veterans a rural areas, as well as the unique needs of our growing number of women veterans. We are restoring access to the a health care for the half of a million veterans who lost eligibility in recent years. Since there has been so much misinformation out there about Health Insurance reform, let me say this, the one thing that reform wont change is Veterans Health care. No one will take away your benefits, that is the plain and simple truth. Host that was the president from five years ago. In may of 2014, what has changed . Or what has not changed . Guest nothing, really. This is a failure to reform and move forward as stated. He said it to us in our convention also, that he would do this along with the secretary, but we just have not seen it happen. Host why . Guest a good point. Every year the money continues to rise. 60 in the last six years. But it is how we spend
Country back from the worst recession since the 1930s. And its been a busy week on the 2016 campaign trail. Are you still thinking about running for president and when will you make a decision. Yes and later. Schieffer analysis on all of the above from our allstar panel. 60 years of news because this is face the nation. And good morning again. The scandal at the vet answer Administration Hospitals may be even worse than we thought. The v. A. Admits that 23 patients died at v. A. Hospitals because of delayed treatment. But this morning the Dayton Daily News reports that since 2001 the agency has paid out 36. 4 million to settle claims of delay in treatment. The money was paid out either voluntarily or as part of a court action. In a somewhat contentious interview friday with White House Correspondent major garrett, the president s chief of staff, Dennis Mcdonough sought to emphasize the positive. The president is madder than hell. And ive got the scars to proof it given the briefings iv
In cspans sundays at eight. Now available at your favorite bookseller. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. At noon on cspan, the only russian lawmaker to vote against russias annex sakes of crimea will be speaking at the Heritage Foundation in washington, d. C. About russia politics, the russia very you Russia Ukraine conflict and u. S. russian relations. You can watch that at 12 p. M. Eastern on cspan. The House Veterans Affairs subcommittee held a hearing addressing the benefits claims backlog and veterans making the transition to civilian life. This is about two hours and 20 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome, everyone. The oversight hearing of the subcommittee on disabilities and Memorial Affairs will now come to order. Todays hearing will focus upon vas role in the transition from Service Member to veteran with a particular focus on the integrated Disability Evaluation System com