Past five or six years. But i think pretty obviously its a misallocation of the those resources. Mr. Collard. Not only a misallocation, but perhaps just looking the other way when you have the resources. I think i heard on monday night the fact, chairman miller, that you raised a specific financial number thats been invested or been provided for i. T. And i. T. Related services. The question was raised, wheres the money . And so whether its whether its misallocation or just, perhaps, an ignoring of those funds available, perhaps, leads to the current state. Dr. Mccaughey. Yes. The v. A. Budget has increased 173 from the year 2000 through 2012. That in inflation adjusted terms is 72 . The increase in total v. A. Patients was 69 . So the funding increased at a faster pace than the number of patients who had to be treated. And the number of acute care patients who need costly care increased only 49 . So the v. A. Funding should have been adequate to meet the increased demands on the syste
Cold and not giving out favors. He was from new england. Did not talk a lot. Waved his arms a lot. Temperamental, a temperament. He was a shy person. It also was a political or biscuit if he did not talk a lot, people would stop talking. A president or political leader is constantly up aborted with a request. His silence was his way of not giving in to special interest. Shlaes on taxes, depression a president s on in tv. H on cspan 2s book , last nights hearing before the House Veterans Affairs committee looking into problems with Veterans Health care in phoenix. This is four hours. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing. Tonight we are going to discuss vas continued lack of compliance with the subpoena for documents that this committee issued on may 8. Unanimous consent that the representative jackson be allowed to join as. She said she would be late. I would like to ask for unanimous consent. Hearing no objections that va office inspected issued a report that confirmed appointment
Right. We were there friday where this problem is most acute. We heard from the folks on the ground that are doing this work that they can process within the first 20 hours or so. Then the rest of the time that theyre in our custody is waiting for suitable space to send them to. Are the children entitled to protect under the prison act. They are. That is your understanding . Yes. Chair recognizes the gentleman from california for five minutes. Chief vitiello, let me ask you a couple of questions following up on bobby scotts questions if someone tells you a name, do you have any way to verify it for a 13yearold who simply says this is my name . Agents will use their experience. If a person has documents or some. If they have no documents, they simply say, im joe. So unless they have a prior history in the u. S. So if their prints arent on file, they tell you a name, you have to accept the name. Do you know their age other than guessing it because they tell you their age, is that correct
Averaging about 70 degrees. Temperatures will cool to aram a bit today. Falk is an issue in some areas. This is the most clear morning weve had in a long time. Generally the areas where we saw the rain have the highest potential of having that fog. We have rain on the flip side but for the most part we move to clouds and sunshine. It should be a nice day. High temperature climbs up to 77 degrees. 84 degrees on friday. Afternoon showers then. We get warmer high heat for the weekend. Lots of work happening downtown in the loop. Three of the eight ramps are blocked with construction. Theyre trying to squeeze in some work in the Early Morning hour. One of them is west bound on the kennedy. Also the entrance ramp on the hike to the inbound kennedy is blocked. Another hour before that is picked up. The mind the dearborn bridge still blocked off as the work of the pedestrian walkway. Harrison closed as well. A bicyclist is dead after he was hit by a cta train on chicagos north side. The man w
To deal with the emotional scars of those who bear unbelievable torture at the end of the chinese to cater ship has helped many, many people get some normality back to their lives. They lived in china in 2014 and when he came to the u. S. To continue his academic pursuit. If you could begin. Mr. Chairman, thank you for this hearing. As far as i can remember, this is the 16th hearing you host on human rights issues in china. Thank you very much for your leadership. And your statements and your words and actions and that of other congressional leaders made clear that we have been fighting not alone. Thank you very much for your leadership and support. Today i will not repeat myself for my personal account of the tiananmen massacre. Instead i will try to provide you, mr. Tribune and other congressional leaders, a window to reach that will probably help you understand better the political situation in china and the direction that is taken. 25 years ago, the Chinese Students and citizens in