Starting at eight eastern on cspan. Cspan2, providing live coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events. And every weekend, booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Iraq war veteran Travis Fugate says he may have gone p blind because his v. A. Center doctor didnt have the right information. Mr. Fugate says the v. A. s failure to fix issues was depressing. Veterans Affairs Department officials also testified at this hearing with members questioning why it was taking so long for the departments records to mirror the defense departments. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everybody to todays hearing titled assessing inadequacies in v. A. Dat
Jeremy newberry said it was the same everywhere he went. He said drugs were a ritual before every game. You walk in, bend over the table, they stick you and youre off. They get everybody done in two or three minutes. He said the powerful antiimflap toir drug made him able to play. I was on crutches, didnt practice all way and took it and played. Newberry said the team would do anything. They shot me up in my leg, gave me vicotin at halftime and played the whole season that way. He said it damaged his kidneys and his Blood Pressure was high. He said he was given a clean bill of health by team doctors. It was getting worse and worse every year. Nobody said nothing, even when i retired and walked away nobody said anything. Jeremy said the problem exists at every team in the drug. Everything is doing the same thing. Its a drug culture in the nfl. He said the doctors didnt care or the trainers and the coaches didnt care about anything. Today the nfl commissioner was asked if he had a a comm
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This system . I mean, i see a number of things, obviously Electronic Medical records didnt happen and ill have a follow up question for mr. Mini and other items in that vein. Did the va ever contact you after this or after your testimony and say, hey, this is where we failed . This is the doctor. This is where the system failed for you . No. No one no one ever from that i can recall explained to me where the failure occurred or held themselves accountable or provided an apology. Ive stuck with the va, and ive had great medical care and met and became friends with a lot of medical professionals within the va, but the system clearly, clearly failed in my case. And no one ever has explained to me what happened. Do you still travel 2 1 2 hours to the Va Care Center for your current va care or you found one closer that they would let you or did you move . Can you describe that more . I come from a rural district. Plenty of veterans have to drive 100, 200, 300 miles one way for care often th
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