we find out in the end they ve done nothing but lied to us time and time zbeg again. i ve got to reat this one. sloan gibson told the senate today the v.a. needs $17.6 billion from now until the end of 2017. that s a fair amount of money. you say either it s not enough or you want it now. which is it? well, the fact of the matter is the cbo has predicted what the senate bill is going to cost. $50 billion a year. so i think what sloan s estimating is very low. unfortunate lay it s not been about the money. it s been about management. every single controversy we ve come across has been based on lies, hiding, controversies, and basically dishonest information. so the house wants to make sure we re managing the money and the senate wants to make sure it s part of mandatory spending which means there s no cap on it.
colleagues have had difficulties getting into those facilities. they have been somewhat successful, but they ve had the difficulties. it seems to me like they don t want the public knowing what is really going on and what the health consequences are of this humanitarian crisis. i can t imagine any opposition to this in congress. is there any? well, there will be. in fact, the only co-sponsors we have of this legislation are republicans. no democrat will get on this bill. it seems common sense. we talk about transparency. it s time we back it up. congressman lee terry, nebraska. thanks for joining us sir, we appreciate it. thank you. still, no fix, but the v.a. hearings are adding up. a veteran here who says she s fed up. and forget sugar shock. try sticker shock. is this candy maker s price hike a sour sign for the economy?
at universal studios hollywood. a dozen v.a. hearings since the scandal broke, and you can tack on another one today. but still no deal for our vets. retired gunnery sergeant says she s running out of patience. tell us more about running out of patience. well, it s not just a budget issue. they re doing nothing to resolve the systemic problems that have shown the mismanagement. they ve done nothing to fire these executives although they both agree we should fire the executives. i mean it is not about the money. that s what s holding them up in the senate, in the house. it s about holding the executives accountable, assuring treatment is given appropriately and not having these ill ledge mall reports of treating veterans equally and fairly when
we are providing all the e-mails. the fact that three years ago some of them, not all of them, but some of them were not available, i never said i would provide you e-mails we didn t have. and in fact, we are going to provide you 24,000 e-mails from the my time has expired and i ve lost my patience with you. meanwhile, the white house now says it will comply with a subpoena to have one of its lawyers testify at a hearing today. jennifer o connor was a lawyer for the irs last year. there is a scathing new report about care problems at veterans affairs facilities across the country. the office of special counsel tells president obama that an internal watchdog regularly downplayed problems at v.a. facilities or ignored warnings from whistleblowers about potential issues. despite investigations at more than three dozen v.a. facilities, a top official defended the system at a house hearing. they value the v.a. system
worse than we thought. reporter: a rare evening hearing on capitol hill reveals the magnitude of the v.a. scandal has a new watchdog report shows new calls for v.a. secretary eric shinseki to go. it s time for secretary shinseki to step down and if secretary shinseki does not step down voluntarily, then i call on the president of the united states to relieve him of his duties. mccain and others are the latest to call for the secretary to go with miller saying attorney general eric hold should launch a criminal investigation into v.a. s widespread scheduling corruption and v.a. secretary eric shinseki should resign immediately. the committees top democrat is wearing extremely thin. i m not ready to make any recommendations as of yet as to who should resign or be fired.