And the medias role in covering the president ial race. Washington journal, live every day at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. March is womens history month. Were honoring it with a discussion with president ial historian Richard Norton smith. He sits down with cspans ceo susan swayne to discuss first ladies. Focusing on the unique partnerships and ambitions of the first ladies. Thats saturday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. The future of Space Exploration was the focus of a discussion at the National Press club in washington, d. C. Today. We heard from members of the coalition that released a joint report called, ensuring u. S. Leadership in space. This is just under an hour. Welcome to our news maker this morning. Im the chairman of the news maker committee here at the National Press club. Were delighted to have you here. Im also delighted to say that, david hogue who is here in the front row, not only a journalist but just became the deputy chair of our committee. Glad to have you here.
This is of course one of the items that we have been working on together. Youre correct that we had a disclaimer in 2014 and in 2015. Im pleased to tell you that ginnie mae has been working. It has filled key leadership positions. It has revamped several of its processes. Improved the way that it does business. I also want to assure you that i have made it very clear to all of my staff that we take the recommendations of the Inspector General seriously. In fact, i know that yall are going to have an opportunity to meet with the Inspector General soon and he and i meet on a regular basis. Its fair to say that there are very few instances at hud, whether its this audit or others, where we are out of sync with the Inspector General. And in those instances where there is a difference of opinion, theres a concrete reason for it. So in 2014, we had 11 material weaknesses in our audit. In 2015, we brought that down to nine material weaknesses. We believe in 2016 well be able to bring that dow
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
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