Or tell that state you get to have nuclear weapons. I think maybe people are so far removed from what Nuclear Capability really means and the massive devastation and destruction, even a backpack brought across the southern border to my district what that would do to the our economy, secure life. With a look at this as a very real threat. No matter how Science Fiction it is to think about that happening. It could easily happen. Its our job to stop it. Host representative hunter, iran has not ended and f the country for more than 200 just. They have a right to defend themselves. What do you say to that argument . Guest iran has invaded other countries do proxy terrorist the theyre in syria, ma lebanon. They are in a lot of places doing bad things. They are in afghanistan. So they havent invaded because thats not what these countries do. What these countries do is when i say countries, countries like afghanistan, prewar, and iran, they have proxy care. They fund, promote and train at acto
This is a missed opportunity to do the right thing. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. We see step across the country point to the was suggested by taking the unnecessary steps in similar cases. I can point to and in nashville for ms. Mcdonald who will testify and of course in new jersey, i also have a case for you if youre interested. We understand the dilemma to reduce the backlog while achieving timeliness and accuracy targets. In these claims with answers binary prop suggestions and. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And member of the committee. Ill be happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you. I recognize mr. Abrams for five minutes. Thank you. Ive been involved in veterans law for over 40 years. The va has faced huge backlogs before, and the va has had to deal with reducing the backlog claims faster, and almost every instance the error rate, especially the error rate for complex claims has gone up. You simply cant go too fast when you have complicated claims. The fist th
Congress has never denied the va a single penny for doing its job. The current budget, over 54 billion is being paid out to veterans and direct benefits. The balance of their budget that they receive right now is for administration of their business. But they are not doing business properly. I could see here for hours and gave the statement after statement after statement of egregious behavior. Wrongful denials and in some cases the liver of malfeasance. All we ask is you continue to press this forward. You consider our mission, to have a full Veterans Administration complete the rear commencing the way we do business in demanding full 100 accountability of repercussions for their actions. Thank you again, mr. Chairman, ranking number 79, esteemed panel. We are grateful for the opportunity to be here to testify in the pr to take any questions from you. Thank you, ms. Price. Now we will hear from ms. Mcnutt. Please begin your statement when youre ready. [inaudible] complex va claims. My
Situation, im in one of the rural areas with very high Health Insurance. And low lower income. Our county has about 99,000 as a population with an average Household Income of middle 40,000s. As i struggle to provide more Health Insurance and they aggregate the businesses to make it you know, if i can stay under that 50, i will. It will be extremely expensive for me. In the meantime, to absorb a 40 to 44 Health Insurance increase, it would be much easier for me to put my employees out on the exchange. Its a lot cheaper for them to provide that than for me to absorb that additional cost within my small Profit Margins anyway. So thank you. I would just comment that if the additional cost of adding each employee would be approximately 4,000 to provide insurance to that individual at an affordable rate, it may be a smaller figure in some places, higher in others, that does stunt the job growth. I will say that the law itself is having an impact on on the cost. And we are seeing people not e
We announced these changes than the secretary of defense, general dempsey said it will result in better aligning our structures and resources with dod Strategic Interests and priorities. And earlier this year we directed the management review in that review developed options to help the dod plan for a range of future budget scenarios, including the persistence of sequester lover untracked level cuts. And as all of you know, these threats, and less changed, will represent a 500 billiondollar reduction over the next 10 years, and that is in addition with a 480 billion spending cut that the dod has are implemented. Included in the strategic choice of management review is a comprehensive look that all savings that could be achieved by reducing overhead throughout the department and streamlining organizations, including osd and the joint staff. As you may recall, i announced this summer that dod would reduce headquarters operating budgets for 20 represent over the next five years and these