To best identify the needs of our veterans it is important that we hear from them and partner with those who know them best, our VSOs.

Ms. Wasserman Schultz. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

So leaving it in place just for one fiscal year and having it expire would be devastating to people who are in the midst of a fertility cycle.

I want to focus on military quality of life, because at that hearing that we had in March...

I would ask both the chair--both chairs--to please consider doing that, just so we can delve into a little bit more detail.

It has taken 8 years for them to----

And I understand, given that your goal is one program--are you analyzing which program, ultimately, would be phased out?

Eight years?

I will.

I share them.

When I got on the Appropriations Committee, I inherited, as the then-chair of the Leg Branch Subcommittee, helping to bring in for a landing the really unbelievably blown timeline and cost of the CVC.

I look forward to being surprised.

The frustrating thing here is that the VA--and I say VA, not you--but the VA's foot-dragging and missteps have become our emergency.

And we do appreciate you being here on fairly short notice so that we can discuss the VA's efforts to modernize its electronic health records platform.

I think you can understand the doubt that I feel, given that the VA has already had a problem with fudging and altering data to reflect better numbers than reality.

So are you concerned that you will be unable to hire the necessary additional auditors and employees that you need to be able to do the appropriate amount of oversight that is necessary here?

He didn't say he was going to wipe out the insurance. He said he was going to rebuild it.

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