frustrated with the process and is in active discussions with senior white house officials about withdrawing his name for dr ration for the cabinet post. this also comes as we learn now details about the allegations dr. jackson faces. hallie jackson has the latest on this. reporter: new allegations against ronny jackson. in documents obtained by fbs news compiled by the top democrat on the veteran affairs committee. tester says nearly two dozen and former colleagues claim jackson recklessly prescribed the drugs. that he kept questionable records for controlled substances and that he drank on the job while traveling with the president and one time wrecked a vehicle while intoxicated. we still have more work to do with the allegations that have been put forth in the claims and more scrutiny on his ability to handle a budget as big as the va s budget and the people under him. jackson in a brief interview
confirmable in your eyes if he answers these allegations to your satisfaction? i think he s still i think there is still a potential of a confirmation hearing and vote. okay. you said a hearing and a vote. that doesn t mean you have the big shesh ire cat smile. is there any way you would vote for him to be va secretary you senator tester. i m not there yet. we have more work to do with the allegation asks the claims put forth and more scrutiny on his ability to handled a budget as big as the va s budget and the people under him. democratic from montana, senator jon tester. thank you for shares sharing your views. up ahead the political consequence was this confirmation drama.
bureaucracies. are there people willing to make necessary sacrifices to effect real and positive change? why he yes, absolutely. i think that senator ted cruz we ve done three town halls with is one of those politicians. he s willing to step up and increasing for bad employees and increasing health care choice for veterans who are trapped in a system. and we think there s in congress to make the changes. leland: so often in government when there s a problem they throw more money at it. as reagan said, if you ve got a problem, subsidize it. to that end, the va s budget increased 84% under president obama and seems the problems got worse. do you cut the funding? what do you do to fix it if it s not a money issue.
period. draper is the director for health care investigations for the gao which has labeled va health care high risk in terms of government management and has done so since 2015. draper says even today the va s wait time data is simply not to be believed. they re longer. oh, yes. in almost every case we find the actual wait times are longer than what the va is reporting. it has been nearly four years since cnn began exposing the secret wait lists and fabricated wait times and delays in care and the patients who died waiting for that care. it s been three years since congress approved $16 billion in additional funding so the va could fix those problems. in fact, since 2009, the va s budget has nearly doubled, and yet, the problems and some would say the lies at the va persist. still not resolved and still happening. eric handle is the former
reporter: it has been nearly four years since cnn exposed the wait time. fabricated wait times, delays inpatients who have died waiting for that care. it s been three years since congress approved $16 billion in additional funds for the va to fix those problems. in fact since 2009, the va s budget has nearly doubled. and yet the problems and some would say the lies at the va persist. still happening. reporter: eric handel is the lead investigator for the congressional committee that led a year s long investigation into veterans dying while waiting for care. yes, he says, then and now, the va is not telling the truth about wait times. none of it. the inspector general says the same thing. it was that way in 2014 when he reported on the wait time scandal. it is that way in 2017. still cannot trust the va s information.