If it gets to the point where it is just broken and unused, that is not doing good by the taxpayer.
My fear is that some of the expensive equipment, not to mention research or samples, are irretrievably lost, and that wo...
that we need to really understand what the veteran needs and what the veteran wants
Let me ask about the Denver VA research facilities. We see that there is terrible disarray at these research facilities.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for having this hearing, as I said earlier.
There is a difference between believing and knowing.
I think the VA owes that report to the Congress and the American people. It is incredible. I mean, as a combat veteran a...
Having led the effort in the Congress to strip the VA of its construction management authority to ever build another hos...
I am troubled by the numerous issues that were identified today, and I look forward to seeing improvement in these areas...
A drug so powerful that it requires monitoring after a patient receives it, a non-physician can prescribe such a drug in...
So we have people with felony drug convictions dealing with drugs in your facility?
Okay. Can I get a copy of that, then? Because if there wasn't one, there should have been one.
We will put in a formal request for that investigation.
That people with felony drug convictions shouldn't be working in a VA hospital dealing with these controlled substances?
What oversight is in place to ensure that providers are properly prescribing controlled substances?
Are non-physicians allowed to prescribe drugs?
Thank you, Ranking Member Kuster.
In all cases of drug theft by VA employees, are all subject employees reported to their relevant state licensing board?