We have had everything talked about from dollars to construction to milestones to all sorts of stuff. Helpful. Im going to ask you, each one of you, because you represent veterans in this country that are being served by the v. A. , i think you have an understanding of what the challenges are out there. You tell me what you would do first to fix the v. A. And what you would do second. I am assuming there will be 3, 4, 5 more down the line. Is it money . Is it the resources they have the need to be allocated different . Do we need to put a focus on hiring professionals . You cannot say do all of them. We want to hold folks accountable. If you can give me your priorities of what we need to do, it could be helpful. Assessment is the first thing that needs to happen. Speakhave heard the v. A. , they have enough money. They do not have the accurate numbers. System,are gaming the how many actual visits are they going to have a year . Instead of having 85 million, will of the 150 million . Yo
Union to discuss the deployment of additional african troops from rwanda, and we hope that that will take place very soon, and we are positioned to move those troops quickly. But at the e. U. Presence will go from 100 at present to 500 present so that will bring us up to close to 9000. Military plan is the pentagon and the u. N. Said that is a sufficient force with a robust mandate to bring some peace to these people who suffer . Let me answer the question differently mr. Chairman. Spin terms of displaced members we have seen the number declined from 500,000 to 200,000 which is not to suggest that the situation is not atrocious and the removal of the muslims and the light of the muslims continues to those numbers so i dont want to be misleading but the fact that the number of internally displaced people is declining i think shows the French Forces are having impact and we get these police trained we are hopeful those numbers will be sufficient to restore security. I think we will have
There are veterans whose problems have been so acute and not address that they have ended up without homes. If other Services Come through, people do not end up on the street. Each one is a failure. It does not mean people set out to fail, but we have failed those folks coming home somehow. The vfw believes the resources the v. A. Can provide should never come at a tradeoff. The obligations to provide Holistic Services to the assistance,ployment but also health care has to remain a cornerstone. When veterans transition off of active duty, there are a litany of Transitional Resources that need to be made available to them. To deliverhe most of those. Seeould never want to tradeoffs made on how we deliver other benefits. , other t injecting will suffer. Senator moran did not talk about audits, i just one of the theesses to know that was assessment of chairman miller, from the house committee. Jackson. I am not sure how many facilities he is covering. That was his assessment of the audit
Thank you. Id like to join my colleagues. Its critically important that we have a dialogue that goes beyond money. For the past 40 years, the antipoverty expenditures, 15 trillion, 70 cents of every dollar spent on poor people goes not to the poor, but those who serve poor people. These professional providers ask which problems are fund bl. So we have created a commodity out of poor people where there are perverse incentives for maintaining people in poverty. We wonder why it expands. And so its important for us to recognize that this control has to change. But in addressing poverty, its important that we tend to make the mistake of generalizing about poor people. Not everybody is poor for the same reason. I identify four categories of pure people. Poor people. The first category are people just broke. [laughter] they lost their job or a breadwinner died or theres a temporary illness. But the persons character is in place, and for them they use welfare and assistance the way it was int
A new report on terrorism threats, and the department of homeland security. House Budget Committee chairman paul ryan at the Enterprise Institute today. It would consolidate poverty programs and give states flexibility in how those funds are spent. After congressman ryans remarks, policy analysts discussed his proposal. This is an hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im going to ask you to take your seats. But theres standing room only. Im delighted to see that. Im arthur brooks. Im honored to welcome you today, and to welcome the chairman of the house Budget Committee, congressman paul ryan here to aei. Congressman ryan has spoken here many times. Hes a friend of aeis, and were delighted to see his continuing willingness to tackle the important and difficult issues that many others are not willing to confront. Today hes here to talk about an issue thats near and dear to my heart. And those of my colleagues here at aei, expanding opportunity in america. Hes particularly focused on