Public policies that should reflect the definitive body of science that show significant positive Health Impacts that companion animals have on human health. The va says it doesnt have enough evidence to support Service Animals for veterans who have pts, we disrespectfully disagree and thats why we support hr4764. We believe there is significant Scientific Evidence to support the efficacy of service dogs for veterans who have pts. We funded the first systematic review on research of animal assisted gervention that was conducted at Purdue University dr. Fallonsal ma matter and it was published less than a year ago and what it found was preliminary evidence that animals provide unique elements to address pts symptoms and i think its also really important to note because mr. Diamond said whats the harm. This systematic review of published and Unpublished Research found no negative effects from any of these studies, so no harm was found in any of the research that we looked at. So, we thin
Coverage provisions because those are really just Getting Started now the baseline for the last four years, they dont have those provisions in them. We start with stated that does not have those provisions in and build them and. For Everything Else in the Affordable Care act of our revenue provisions, medicare and medicaid provisions, we just have a baseline that includes the affects of all of those provisions as they unfold. So we cannot go back and do an analysis and any clear way of the fsx those provisions have been an isolated sense. A map is see if we can provide information that would be helpful. Thank you. Several times this morning you and others have said that you have basically two options for addressing this long term problem. One is reducing costs in our retirement and Health Savings programs and the other is increasing revenue through taxation. But it does seem to me that there is a third way that we are not talking about nearly in half today, and that is growing the econ
All right, senator burr suggests maybe we should make a wait a few minutes for other members to come back from recess. Lets take a quick recess here. Its create cal we continue to have these hearings to do everything we can to hold v. A. s feet to the fire and make sure that accountability is there. We know some things now that we did not know at the last hearing. We know for a fact that v. A. s wait list manipulation and access to care issues is, in fact, systemic. Report after report has confirmed this. In fact, 77 facilities are currently under investigation by the v. A. Inspector general. Its an astounding number. And i believe the scheduling problems are the tip of the iceberg. Now we have allegations of whistle blower retaliation and mproper payment of claims. The cancer doesnt seem to stop, but it must be stopped. While i appreciate your efforts , secretary gibson, i think you have done some things, and they are recognized and acknowledged. But i think wed all acknowledge theres
Numbers that might be interesting, contributions from people, and he said see if there are particularly any from castro and cuba from mcgovern, but they were looking for anything obrien might have used to embarrass him. Heres one of the interesting things about watergate. So much credence is given to the fact that how could they be so stupid and foolish . Well, they were just that stupid and foolish. And they cant believe it z s ieekognu but 5 2 it was apparent, readily apparent, within you know, immediately. First you look at what necessary did at the ellsburg breakin. It was stupid and bungled as what happened at the watergate. It was james bond stuff, where they thought how could you walk in with an army of people to do what cat burglars normally do if youre working for a Foreign Espionage operation . When you discussed with mcgruder before his before his grand jury testimony, you talked to him. Some people used the word coached him. Did he tell you what happened . Absolutely. Absol
House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lee, a member of the subcommittee on military construction and Veterans Affairs. The chair the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Lee thank you very much, madam chairman. Let me thank the Ranking Member for yielding, for his unwavering leadership for our veterans on this committee and for your friendship. Thank you very m