Live here on cspan three in the Senate Veteran Affairs Meeting testifying on the president s 2024 request for his department. May join this meeting live in progress. I visited there, as you have, as your staff had, you do the right thing. We want to keep working with you. I want to talk about the pact act a little bit. Do you have numbers, up to date numbers of how many veterans are taking advantage of it . I like to say when i do these round tables that this is government and right. This bill passed if, i remember, of august 2022. By january you had it up and running. Hundreds of thousands of veterans were getting care. That is exactly the way governments should run. All of us are proud to be part of that. Do you have an eye to the number of how many people have been served . Yes. Thank you very much. As of may 6th, 251,584 total veterans or survivors have had completed pact act relating claims. We are granting at about 80 . That is the beauty of the presumption we are able to grant a
Five, four, three, two, one. Good afternoon. I call the hearing to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. The Committee Procedures remain the same if you are experienced connectivity issues please make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. If you wish to have a document inserted into the record please ask for unanimous consent and have your staff email the document to Veterans Affairs dot hearings mail dot house. Gov. Without objection members will be recognized in order of seniority for questioning Witnesses Today. This will make itaf easier for e to ensure all members participating have an opportunity to be recognized. Does any member have a question about the procedures for this hearing . Hearing none, we will proceed. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Over the last several years, weve often cited womenan as the Fastest Growing cohort among veterans. Our hea
News and the controversy over his campaigns alleged ties to russia. We start with news that iran has sentenced a chineseamerican graduate student in prison for spying. That graduate student from a Top American University is looking at ten years in an iranian prison. That sentence comes on the day President Trump is supposed to decide on a key matter deciding the nuclear deal with the islamic republic, a decision that could come at any minute. Rich edson is at the state department. We expect that official decision shortly pray this is, as Princeton University says, the student was in iran conducting research. Iran says he assumed the role of a student so he could infiltrate their archives and send Sensitive Information to the west. Iran arrested the student, 37yearold graduate student last summer, xiyue wang. Its the provocative behavior the u. S. Says continues two years after the Previous Administration signed a nuclear deal with iran and several other countries. Congress requires the
News and the controversy over his campaigns alleged ties to russia. We start with news that iran has sentenced a chineseamerican graduate student in prison for spying. That graduate student from a Top American University is looking at ten years in an iranian prison. That sentence comes on the day President Trump is supposed to decide on a key matter deciding the nuclear deal with the islamic republic, a decision that could come at any minute. Rich edson is at the state department. We expect that official decision shortly pray this is, as Princeton University says, the student was in iran conducting research. Iran says he assumed the role of a student so he could infiltrate their archives and send Sensitive Information to the west. Iran arrested the student, 37yearold graduate student last summer, xiyue wang. Its the provocative behavior the u. S. Says continues two years after the Previous Administration signed a nuclear deal with iran and several other countries. Congress requires the
Sources tell fox these are the key points to the white house immigration blueprint. Secure the border, the southern and Northern Borders with a combination of infrastructure, technology, and personnel. That includes a 25 billion trust fund for the border wall system. Daca legalization, provide legal status for Daca Recipients and other eligible immigrants come up to an estimated 1. 8 Million People. Protect the Nuclear Family, promote Nuclear Family migration, limiting sponsorship students spouses and minor childrens. Eliminate the lottery and repurpose visas. Suggesting the program is riddled with fraud and abuse and doesnt serve the national interest. White house rolling out its proposal as lawmakers on capitol hill are trying to develop their own plan. Lawmakers have been getting in your full from immigration activists demanding a daca deal now. As the white house prepares to unveil its Immigration Reform framework, the Senate Republican whip describe the various components of a pot