Starting at eight eastern on cspan. Cspan2, providing live coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events. And every weekend, booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Iraq war veteran Travis Fugate says he may have gone p blind because his v. A. Center doctor didnt have the right information. Mr. Fugate says the v. A. s failure to fix issues was depressing. Veterans Affairs Department officials also testified at this hearing with members questioning why it was taking so long for the departments records to mirror the defense departments. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everybody to todays hearing titled assessing inadequacies in v. A. Dat
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
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
One compared to 20,000. Notably, in an october 2013 briefing, va staff stated that the one entry was just a test case to insure that the transfer of information would work. So, essentially, va had not entered in any veterans information into the registry which precludes va from meaningfully contributing to very purpose the registry was created, quote to collect the diagnosis, surgical intervention, operative procedures and related treatments. And follow up on each significant eye injury incurred by members of the armed forces while serving on active duty. We will hear from a veteran today who will articulate the importance of va fulfilling its obligation to contribute to the registry. Another major issue we will address today is vas continued failure to bring its Information Systems into full compliance with section 508 of the americans with disabilities act. The two separate section 508 addresses access for people with physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities in various types of te
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