A congressman who called for the secretary to resign spoke with reporters after the hearing. [inaudible] the committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2019 budget submission for the department of Veterans Affairs. Holds 19. 8 6equest million billion. That is a huge number. It is even more striking when you compare the growth in the be a budget to the overall federal spending and the economy. It illustrates his point. Since 2006, the v. A. Budget is up 175 . Overall federal spending increased by 54 and gdp grew only 40 . Given the aggressive expansion of the a resources, i appreciate the secretarys testimony. The Department Must stay focused on the core mission to ensure resources are properly utilized and veterans care prioritize. The able take action on many important items in 2019. Some examples include the implementation of the forever the start of will be a costly and lengthy replacement of the v. A. s Electronic Health record
He defended a, trip he took to europe that was deemed a violation of Administration Ethics policies i the inspector general. It was announced that his chief of staff would be leaving her post as a result of the matter. This is two hours and 15 minutes. The committee will come to order. Good morning and thank you all for being here to discuss fiscal year 2019 budget submission. This fiscal years budget almost 190. 6 billion dollars in funding, an increase of nearly 12 billion over last year. That is a huge number. It is even more striking when you compare the growth to overall federal spending. Graph in the budget presentation that illustrates this point. Since 2006, but the a budget is up 175 while overall fiscal spending increased by 54 and gdp grew only 40 . Given the aggressive expansion, i appreciate the secretaries testimony emphasizing the departments core objectives and Foundational Services that support those objectives. The Department Must stay focused on their core mission to
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Im the chair of the special Investigative Committee and thanks for joining us for this very special book for him. What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know the American Veteran centers presenting the Andrew Goodpaster award and i want to turn it over to jim roberts. [applause] thank you very much tom peter. And officers of the army and navy club thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen on behalf of my colleagues at the American Studies Center i welcome you to the armynavy club for the presentation of the eighth annual Andrew Goodpaster award named after he read rate american and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters retired. Before her proceed further i would like to say that we are honored by the presence of Andrew Goodpasters granddaughter and her husband matt. Would you please stand. [applause] is great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpaster family here. I would also like to th
What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know were the American Veteran center is presenting the Andrew Goodpasture award and i want to turn this over to the president of the American Veterans center. Jim . [applause] thank you very much, tom. Peter. And officers of the army and navy club, thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my colleagues at the American Study Center i welcome you to the Army Navy Club for the presentation of the eight annual andrew j. Goodpasture award named after a Great American and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters United States army retired. Id like to say we are honored by the presence of general goodpastures granddaughter and her husband, matt. Would you please stand. [applause] great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpasture family here. I would also like to thank the Bradley Foundation for underwriting the goodpasture award. Diane, would