45 minutes. Chairman tester i am going i want to thank secretary mcdonough and her friends and partners for joining us today. For those of you joining us on television, you will hear a great opening and questioning of the secretary of the v. A. We have three people who were going to do a combined statement , which will be particularly entertaining. So we have something to look forward to. Chairman tester we do. We are here to take a closer look to the president s 2024 budget request for the department of Veterans Affairs. We have to ensure the department is wellequipped to care for our veterans. The v. A. Completed more than 1. 7 million disability claims. They served over 6. 3 million veteran patients, more than 150 million employments. Demand is only increasing. This law created a fund to cover the new cost of delivering. I have serious concerns to got the fund. Gut the fund. It is all bad news. We send people off to war, we put it on the credit card. They come back and we make excus
And now Veterans Affairs secretary Denis Mcdonough testifies before the senate Veterans Affairs committee on president bidens 2024 budget request for the agency. He weighed in on the camp lejeune water contamination suits, the agencys claims process and womens healthcare. There was also testimony from the heads of various veterans groups. This is just over an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i am going to call this hearing to order. We are little bit ahead. I want to thank Denis Mcdonough and our friends and partners for joining us today. For those of you joining us on television, you will hear a great opening and questioning of the secretary of the va and what is interesting is we have three folks who are going to do a combined statement which will be particularly entertaining, i think. Something to look forward to. We are here to take a closer look at the president s fiscal year 24 budget request from the department of
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