Were fortunate enough where we do have indoor batting facilities, but what if you dont, okay . Then you have to be creative to do that. Well, if i may suggest, there are, you know, secondary, you know, training things that you can possibly use. Obviously, tennis balls are good training methods thatting use indoors, okay . You can also get whiffle balls, all right . And you can use those inside gymnasiums. And depending on your application, they contributed considerable amount of money in terms of grants to all kinds of baseball and Baseball Development programs. You can reach kathy action from its called the baseball tomorrow fund. It is Kathy Bradley at mlb. Com. Kathy dot bradley at mlb. Com. I dont have any other credentials other than i have been a lover of the game since i was this line. But when i coached most of the parents were interested because their kids had no knowledge about baseball. Never threw a ball, never hit a ball with the bat. They just want them to of the baseball
Once they get into the system they are happy with the service. Can you speak to the article that is just coming out today and whether or not you would be willing to do an oped piece because i think its important that veterans are not we are definitely headed in the right direction. Yes maam. I actually met with the comptroller general and we were talking about whether or not he should put va on the highrisk list. I encouraged him to and the reason i did that as we are a Health Care System and we are going through a large amount of change right now. During that time and the Organization Goes through a large amount of change we need to make sure that we have the appropriate oversight, the leadership as well as those responsible for it so while i think the va system is absolutely essential to american medicine we trained 70 of u. S. Doctors. We have developed innovations that are critical for american medicine, the first liver transplant, the first implantable pacemaker, nicotine patch an
I want to commend dr. Wenstrup for bringing up the cost of care and thats something im very concerned about and i wanted to ask a few more questions about when you think you are going to have an idea or is this independent review of the va system, is that going to help look at that number because i know im very concerned about it and continuing to implement access to care locally and can you elaborate on that a little bit . Sure. In addition to the external independent assessments which we anticipate will be here around august or before then we are commissioning internal work, internal contracts and so forth from some of the leaders in the industry to figure out how do we get to some of the questions you raised in your recent hearing when he presented and so forth. One of the issues we struggle with in terms of cost is this reliance factor for some veterans use va for some of their needs but they go outside for others. My uncle recently told me he got his hearing aid but by and large g
Thank you all for coming. I want to thank our panelists for what is going to be a very important hearing. The rules will be that i will make some opening remarks, senator burr, the Ranking Member will make opening remarks, members will have three minutes, and i will keep people to three minutes because it will be a long hearing it, and that we will go to secretary shinseki, and the undersecretary. Excellent second panel and a very good third panel as well. It will be a long hearing, and we will get through it. Let me begin by just making a few basic points. Serious allegations have v. A. Personnelt in phoenix and other locations. I take these allegations seriously, as i know every member of the committee does, which is why i have supported an thependent investigation of v. A. Inspector general, and they are in phoenix doing a thorough investigation, and my hope is the report will be done as soon as possible. What i have stated and i will repeat right now, is that as soon as that report
Chairman, for holding this hearing. I certainly echoed the concerns of my colleagues and the need for structural and systemwide changes. Healthcare system is a promise that we made to americas veterans that we will take care of them in return for their service and sacrifice. The close to 10 million veterans that access care through the v. A. Systems need to trust that they are receiving high quality care when they need it, and i do note that 10 million veterans signed up for the healthcare huge here that is greater than the population of a number of states, including the state of hawaii. When we fail to provide proper care for our veterans, we not only fail them, but their families as well, and these families have also sacrifice for our nations security, and provide essential care and support for our veterans. While the immediate focus might be on the phoenix case and similar allegations regarding a hospitals,ther v. A. It is important to see what is happening systematically at the v.