It continues to be sluggish and i cannot give you a reason why that occurred. We are aware that mortgage credit is very tight for a wide range of borrowers and that maybe part of it. We hear about supply constraints builders are facing but i have to say i am surprised. What more do you think the fed can do to help stimulate recovery in the housing sector both for those homeowners who are upside down in the values and those to help new people qualify for homes. Housing prices are continuing to increase. And they have increased substantially and in the markets that saw the worst booms and bust that is the case. So in nevada there are a large fraction of homeowners underwater but if you look at the numbers just the increase in house prices we have seen and i think that is in part reflecting or monetary policy, maybe fewers barrowers are under water. The numbers have declined and i know the Las Vegas Area was one of hardest hit areas. I think we will see greater progress eventually in the
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
On the veterans we are here to serve. Fifth, the va has failed to hold people accountable. And last we lack physicians, space, staff, Information Technology and perchase care funding to meet the current demand for Timely Health care. Furthermore we dont have the capacity to quantify the staffing because we have not built resources from the bottom up. We have instead managed to a budget number. As a consequence of all of the failures the trust that is the foundation of all we do, the trust of the veterans we serve and the trust of the American People and their elected representatives has eroded. We will have to earn that trust back through deliberate and Decisive Action and by creating an open, transparent approach to deal with veterans. To begin restoring trust we focused on six key priorities. Get veterans off the wait list and into clinics. Fix systemic scheduling problems, address cultural issues, hold people accountable, establish regular and ongoing disclosures of information, and
That congress may not direct executive to prosecute a particular individual without leaving any discretion to the executive to determine whether a violation of the law has occurred. Thats what the opinion says. Its a 1984 opinion. Dated may 30th. And this was a contempt citation coming from the congress that he was talking about. So, i guess this is consistent with what you were saying. I mean, is this a so this olson case in the u. S. Attorneys office, i mean, its wellknown. Is that right . Theres certain i mean the ol season opinion. Is this something thats wellknown . Its something that you all, you know its known. I dont know if its wellknown. Will the gentleman yield . Its known about. Will the gentleman yield . Of course. Im confused. Is mr. Olson, is he a judge . I mean, what opinion are we talking about here . I thought he was a career employee. Im sorry. I yield back. I thank the gentleman from maryland. If i may answer. He was a political employee. Political appointee is the
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