His proposal for reforming the federal budget process. The Veterans Affairs undersecretary for health testified at a house hearing today about his departments efforts to improve veterans access to health care and reduce wait times. Congressman jeff miller chairs the committee. Thiss just over two hours. Hearing will come to order. Would you like to welcome everyone to todays hearing entitled, a continued assessment of delays in veterans access to health care. This hearing marks two years since this committee exposed the wait time scandal that has gripped the Department Since 2014. Im proud of the work that we have done in those two years, particularly digging into the actions of bureaucrats who whose selfinterest were put ahead with the veterans they were charged with assisting. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efforts that va has taken to improve access to care for veterans and to identify where serious issues still exist. Based on the bipartisan work of this committee, g
Access to care. With that i yield to the Ranking Member, ms. Brown for any opening remark she may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. For calling this hearing today. Following the wait time scandal of phoenix, Congress Passed and president obama signed the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014. In it, we mandated there be an independent assessment of veterans healthcare. The assessment highlight many of the things we hear from our veterans. We hear that va provides excellent healthcare, especially healthcare related to the special needs of our veterans. We also hear that in certain areas, the va is at the forefront of healthcare in this country. We also hear from our veterans that va care is often fragmented and that it can be difficult to navigate and arrange nonva care. We hear of long wait times and limited access. Following the assessment in the Service Transportation and veterans healthcare act of 2015 we mandated a report by the va regarding a plan for how va could con
Amber alert issue yesterday for 15yearold dixie bailey in transylvania county. Police in brevard said she is 54, 114 pounds, brown hair with orange streaks. Last seen wearing a peach pull over black tights and cowboy boots. Authorities say she is possibly headed to atlanta, if you see bailey, call 911 or star hp. Back to the breaking news we told you about, were working with police to learn what led to a shooting in west charlotte. A woman shot late last night on brooktree drive. Then drove herself to a home on darby avenue less than ten minutes away. From there, taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. There is no word on any arrests in the shootings, no names released. As soon as we get more details, well update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. That shooting is one of several charlottemecklenburg police are investigating. Hurt in a string of shootings yesterday. Our alex giles continues our coverage with two shootings in east charlotte. Reporter violence kept offic
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. It has been a terrifying moment for neighbors neighbors in alameda as flames ripped through two homes. Neighbors jumped into action to stop the fire. Thanks for joining us. The fire burned on norich road off sea view parkway before 6 30 tonight. Melanie woodrow is live near the scene. Melanie . Natasha, there are just a few firefighters here watching the house for the night, but the fire investigators will likely pick back up tomorrow morning of the tomorrow morning. The people that lived in the houses that caught fire were home at the time and are okay even though fire investigators have not identified the cause just yet, the individual where the fire began told me that he thinks he knows how it started. He was going gang busters. He says his relaxing weekend was interrupted by an explosion and flames. Simon and his wife just finished dinner. They had barbecuing. When i closed the hood there was a little grease burning. The fire which he believes b
Construction starts tomorrow on a special lane. Lillian is live right now. Were only talking about two blocks but these are heavily traveled two blocks and starting are tomorrow crews will be working on ebb mash between goff and 12th street for three four weeks. Workers will be raising the bike lanes several inches so its higher than at the street and lower than the sidewalk. The posts will remain in place. The vertical separation between cyclists and motorists is a Pilot Program for San Francisco. Another way for the city to explore new ideas regarding bike safety. If it goes wail we could see more raised lanes in San Francisco. Raised bicycling will make it harder for cars to enter the lane and encourage people riding their bikes to ride in the bike lane rather than they sidewalk, and by upgrading the bike network is another way to bring more safety and convenience and comfort to people who are riding their bikes, walking or driving along market street. They will be launching a Onlin