To thank you and the Ranking Member who is currently not here, but you all in this committee have done such a great job in responding to this crisis. I think showing excellent leadership. We heard from the va directly. Weve heard from the gao, the office of Inspector General, hearing from the private sector. Each of us in our individual capacities are listening directly to the veterans in our community. I ask we have a panel of vet vans and Veterans Service organizations if we are talking about veterancentered care, we need to hear from them. And add to mr. Mcclains excellent suggestion of having a Management Organization identified structural and organizational weaknesses and complement that with the veterans and what they are missing in their care right now. I think one of the issues that has to be included in that review is the issue of accountability. Weve talked about and described our frustrations with the amount of money thats been authorized and appropriated. Virtually lost wit
Thank you again for your leadership and the opportunity to be a part of make it in america. And next from the state of pennsylvania, representative cartwright who has introduced the job creation through Energy Efficient manufacturing. Thank you. And thank you all for coming today. I want you to notice a couple things about the people standing before you on this stage. Were all wearing two things. Were wearing our congressional badges and were wearing our make it in america pins. We wear the first because we care about this country. We wear the second because we know that part of caring about this country is caring about making manufacturing jobs resurface in this country. And i thank mr. Hoyer on his leadership and in the make it in america plan, to strengthen businesses and create high paying jobs in this country. Im also gratified to have had hr4162, the job creation through Energy Efficient manufacturing act, added to this program. Energy efficiency is not just about being green, it
Now know from the whistle blowers about the wait list and the related mortalities. Largest Health Care Systems in the United States have driven improvements by harvesting and implementing best practices across their system. When organizations Like Community Health Systems identify a best practice, they move quickly to put the practice in place across all 205 facilities. This includes Patient Safety protocols, caregiver to patient interactions about medications and a leader accountability platform. I was concerned when i heard the wednesday on monday refers the amount of time they thaw it would take to make change. As john cotter would have us remember that the biggest okbjet tackle to achieving performance is high confidentsy. No matter what is decided, the va must embark upon change with a never before seen sense of urgency with a proven outcomes based solution. We open at the studor group that it can be as straightforward as transforming the rigger where they compel into an area wher
Internal political differences through peaceful means as opposed through violence. This is an ongoing challenge within iraq. Isil is not a deem stick political entity. It is a force that is trying to claim territory and wreak havoc in iraq and it is a force that have no iraqis sit zenses interest at heart. S that why i mentioned the hreat posed by isil caused for increase among iraqs political factions and a more cohesive approach to be taken by the Central Government in baghdad when it comes to combating a serious threat. Were seeing now the risk of losing what americans lost their lives for was caused by not keeping u. S. Troops in iraq. Why are they wrong . Theres no question that senator mccain and president obama have differed on the iraq war since senator mccain was for it and barack obama was against it. Theres no question that going back to 2008 when senator mccain allowed that his vision might include tens of thousands of u. S. Forces in iraq in perp pet oohity, that that was
Past five or six years. But i think pretty obviously its a misallocation of the those resources. Mr. Collard. Not only a misallocation, but perhaps just looking the other way when you have the resources. I think i heard on monday night the fact, chairman miller, that you raised a specific financial number thats been invested or been provided for i. T. And i. T. Related services. The question was raised, wheres the money . And so whether its whether its misallocation or just, perhaps, an ignoring of those funds available, perhaps, leads to the current state. Dr. Mccaughey. Yes. The v. A. Budget has increased 173 from the year 2000 through 2012. That in inflation adjusted terms is 72 . The increase in total v. A. Patients was 69 . So the funding increased at a faster pace than the number of patients who had to be treated. And the number of acute care patients who need costly care increased only 49 . So the v. A. Funding should have been adequate to meet the increased demands on the syste