And that food be happy to invite any of you to come to our daily stand up that we do every morning we review the data and take action. Thank you so much. Thank you. Mr. Schatz. Thank you mr. Chairman. I know va is working with dod so that the two can share servicemembers medical records electronically but progress as you know has been slow p. Gao cited the lack of progress is an issue and added va to its 2015 highrisk list. According to gao quote the two departments have engaged in a series of initiatives intended to achieve Electronic Health record interoperability but accomplishment of this goal has been continuously delayed and has yet to be realized. The ongoing lack of Electronic Health records interoperability limits of va clinicians ability to access records and so on. What kind of progress are you going to be making and when can we expect for you to be off of the gao highrisk list . First of all when i met with ahead of the gal isp put on that list. They run the largest Largest
Those reductions would have these effects. It would cut veterans medical care by 690 million. It would eliminate the funding for four Major Construction projects. This would reduce the va ability to provide additional Outpatient Services and will impact the following projects. The planned rehab therapy building in st. Louis missouri. The initial phase of the alameda california outpatient clinic, construction of the longsought after french california communitybased outpatient clinic. The replacement 155 bed Community Living center in. Center in. , maryland and would eliminate funding for cemetery Expansion Projects in st. Louis portland riverside, bayer month, and pensacola and a new column in alameda at reducing our ability to provide burial honors for as many as 18,000 veterans and eligible family members annually. The impact of these tested veterans care and benefits is unacceptable to me and i no it is unacceptable to members of congress. Chairman, Ranking Member members of the comm
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