Budgets. We had employees willing to give up compensation to meet this need of veterans in the community. Maybe some bonuses too. Miss walorski. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary good to see you. Thanks for being here today. The problem that i dont understand with this, this is what i dont get, is that it seems like it keeps coming back to this issue of perception. You know you come today and you have your stats and your tables and your graphs and thoed kind of things and we over here, we want Solutions Just as badly as everybody else because were fighting for veterans in our district and fighting in a bipartisan matter and doing everything we can do legally through a legislative process but what weve been up to since you been here last is multiple hearings that go on every other day and look at the whistleblower retaliation, and systematic failures in denver and waste and fraud and abuse and ive been involved and every time your i. T. Chief has been here and we talked about this
The senate was in session on sunday. They did authorize the export import bank. By now, current funding for transportation projects is set to expire by the end of the week without congressional action. You can watch the senate live on cspan2. Coming next, Robert Mcdonald testifies before the house of Veterans Affairs Committee Full top been question and answer with robert gordon. At 7 00, washington journal is live with this mornings headlines. Robert mcdonald warned that a 2. 5 billion budget shortfall may lead to hospital closures and employee furloughs. He testified as to why there was a budget problem and the possible ways to address it. This is just under three hours. Welcome to this hearing and i appreciate your attendance. We are gathered to discuss vas budget execution for this fiscal year. As the own now, the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretaries testimony on june 5. Deputy secretary was asked this question. If congress does not ask on the 2015 budg
Mr. , that includes a deputy and a corrections officer. Nbcs reporter Marcy Gonzalez has spent the day directly in the storms patd. Shes in tampa underneath a downpour tonight. Reporter as you can see we are getting pounded by the rain. The wind is so powerful that fire rescuers say if there is an emergency they wont go out because it is too dangerous. Good evening we are just getting pounded by the rain here. The wind is so strong, fire rescuers says if there is an emergency they will not respond because it is just too dangerous. Hurricane irma battling the sun shine state. Wind gust hopping 110 Miles Per Hour, tearing the roof off this building. Oh my god. Reporter toppling trees and construction cranes, toppling power lines. The monostrus storm impacting the entire state. Street flooded in miami. Tornados touching down in central florida. I went screaming through the glass door close. Reporter major concern is the storm surge. With the hurricane sucking waters out of the canal in ta
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