So, depending on a duty but that would be something to look into. You would investigate if they had a duty to disclose they had lost those documents . We would. Thats something you would investigate. We would. So you said emergency roarli relative to it depends, it depends on whether theres a problem with the fact that the commissioner at the irs knew in april and waited two months to tell us the American People and more importantly you. So youre going to investigate that aspect, as well, just like you would for a private citizen . All the issues relating to those emails will be wrapped up in the investigation that we do. Including delay . Including delay. So the delay, the fact that the commissioner at the Internal Revenue Service Delayed telling the congress, the American People, the fbi and the Justice Department is a matter that you are going to investigate . We are going do look into what the circumstances were around that, yes. Well, thats important. I would recognize the Ranking
On the veterans we are here to serve. Fifth, the va has failed to hold people accountable. And last we lack physicians, space, staff, Information Technology and perchase care funding to meet the current demand for Timely Health care. Furthermore we dont have the capacity to quantify the staffing because we have not built resources from the bottom up. We have instead managed to a budget number. As a consequence of all of the failures the trust that is the foundation of all we do, the trust of the veterans we serve and the trust of the American People and their elected representatives has eroded. We will have to earn that trust back through deliberate and Decisive Action and by creating an open, transparent approach to deal with veterans. To begin restoring trust we focused on six key priorities. Get veterans off the wait list and into clinics. Fix systemic scheduling problems, address cultural issues, hold people accountable, establish regular and ongoing disclosures of information, and
Good morning. We look forward and welcome mr. Sloan gibson who is the acting secretary of the department of Veterans Affair who will be discussing with us what he has been doing in what i perceive since y active youve held that position and what he perceives the problems facing the v. A. In the months and years to come. And i would want to member toft members of the can he that next week on the 22nd we will be holding a confirmation hearing for bob mcdonald, the president s nominee for secretary of the v. A. Last month, 93 senators put their differences aside to vote for a piece of legislation which we hope will address many pieces of legislation that we worked very hard on. I want to thank everybody for their support. It is my hope that legislation and the conference can he that were having with the house will be completed by the time we leave here for the august break. It is clear to all of us that the v. A. Faces many, many challenges and they are well documented. The concerns that
That congress may not direct executive to prosecute a particular individual without leaving any discretion to the executive to determine whether a violation of the law has occurred. Thats what the opinion says. Its a 1984 opinion. Dated may 30th. And this was a contempt citation coming from the congress that he was talking about. So, i guess this is consistent with what you were saying. I mean, is this a so this olson case in the u. S. Attorneys office, i mean, its wellknown. Is that right . Theres certain i mean the ol season opinion. Is this something thats wellknown . Its something that you all, you know its known. I dont know if its wellknown. Will the gentleman yield . Its known about. Will the gentleman yield . Of course. Im confused. Is mr. Olson, is he a judge . I mean, what opinion are we talking about here . I thought he was a career employee. Im sorry. I yield back. I thank the gentleman from maryland. If i may answer. He was a political employee. Political appointee is the
Untenable position. 40 years of onesided american diplomacy aimed at achieving regional and International Acceptance for israel, thus peversely produced the very opposite. Increasing International Isolation and a program for the jewish state. We will now cover israels back as the saying goes as the United Nations as its angoing maltreatment and intermittent muggings of its captive arab population complete its international delegitimization and ostracism. Well pay a heavy price for this, political price, globally in the middle east, and very likely an escalating terrorism against americans abroad and at home. It may satisfy our sense of honor but it more closely resembles assisted suicide than a strategy for the survival of israel and our position in the middle east. Americans like to have a moral foundation for Foreign Policy, for our policies. In the middle east, and not just with respect to israel, the geology has proven to be complex to allow such a foundation. To take our professed