And now Veterans Affairs secretary Denis Mcdonough testifies before the senate Veterans Affairs committee on president bidens 2024 budget request for the agency. He weighed in on the camp lejeune water contamination suits, the agencys claims process and womens healthcare. There was also testimony from the heads of various veterans groups. This is just over an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i am going to call this hearing to order. We are little bit ahead. I want to thank Denis Mcdonough and our friends and partners for joining us today. For those of you joining us on television, you will hear a great opening and questioning of the secretary of the va and what is interesting is we have three folks who are going to do a combined statement which will be particularly entertaining, i think. Something to look forward to. We are here to take a closer look at the president s fiscal year 24 budget request from the department of
I bring the subcommittee to order. A great deal has changed since our last hearing. They are finally acknowledging oracle Electronic Health record systems not fully functional and not suitable in any other facility. After nearly three years across the board despite the mounting consequences to better than safety, staff burnout and billions of dollars wasted, secretary mcdonagh have become realistic about the future of this illconceived project. Thats encouraging. What has been painful and very expensive to watch this disaster unfold its been frustrating to argue and plead with the va not to march off the cliff only to be ignored or stonewalled. Thankfully the department is now listening to what veterans and its own employees and this committee have been saying for so long. It is far past time to look under the hood and see if it can be fixed and whether progress is even being made. But be assured thats exactly what we are about to do. We are here today to take an indepth look at one pa
I bring the subcommittee to order. A great deal has changed since our last hearing. They are finally acknowledging oracle Electronic Health record systems not fully functional and not suitable in any other facility. After nearly three years across the board despite the mounting consequences to better than safety, staff burnout and billions of dollars wasted, secretary mcdonagh have become realistic about the future of this illconceived project. Thats encouraging. What has been painful and very expensive to watch this disaster unfold its been frustrating to argue and plead with the va not to march off the cliff only to be ignored or stonewalled. Thankfully the department is now listening to what veterans and its own employees and this committee have been saying for so long. It is far past time to look under the hood and see if it can be fixed and whether progress is even being made. But be assured thats exactly what we are about to do. We are here today to take an indepth look at one pa
I bring the subcommittee to order. A great deal has changed since our last hearing. They are finally acknowledging oracle Electronic Health record systems not fully functional and not suitable in any other facility. After nearly three years across the board despite the mounting consequences to better than safety, staff burnout and billions of dollars wasted, secretary mcdonagh have become realistic about the future of this illconceived project. Thats encouraging. What has been painful and very expensive to watch this disaster unfold its been frustrating to argue and plead with the va not to march off the cliff only to be ignored or stonewalled. Thankfully the department is now listening to what veterans and its own employees and this committee have been saying for so long. It is far past time to look under the hood and see if it can be fixed and whether progress is even being made. But be assured thats exactly what we are about to do. We are here today to take an indepth look at one pa
I bring the subcommittee to order. A great deal has changed since our last hearing. They are finally acknowledging oracle Electronic Health record systems not fully functional and not suitable in any other facility. After nearly three years across the board despite the mounting consequences to better than safety, staff burnout and billions of dollars wasted, secretary mcdonagh have become realistic about the future of this illconceived project. Thats encouraging. What has been painful and very expensive to watch this disaster unfold its been frustrating to argue and plead with the va not to march off the cliff only to be ignored or stonewalled. Thankfully the department is now listening to what veterans and its own employees and this committee have been saying for so long. It is far past time to look under the hood and see if it can be fixed and whether progress is even being made. But be assured thats exactly what we are about to do. We are here today to take an indepth look at one pa