I think our committee can be helpful keeping your feet to the fire.

This is my first hearing as Ranking Member of this Subcommittee, one of the most important subcommittees in Congress, and I look forward to working with Chairman Coffman and all of my colleagues.

I commend the work that you have done and urge the VA in going forward with your audit, changing your administrative processes, getting on top of your billing and collection.

We will not arrive at the answers to all these questions today. But I am hopeful that beginning this discussion today will lead us to solutions that we can all agree on.

But we must also remember that our responsibility is not only to identify problems, but to work to find solutions.

We will not arrive at the answers to these questions today, but I am hopeful that the beginning of this discussion will lead us to solutions that we can all agree on.

This is my first hearing as ranking member of this subcommittee, one of the most important subcommittees in Congress.

I want to get at the heart of the matter.

How can we ensure that the information and data collected by the VA is, in the words of the GAO, accurate, valid, and complete?

This practice runs counter to the terms of the original deed, as pointed out by our chair.

Prepared Statement.

Our efforts to identify where problems exist at the VA could not be more important or more timely.

we would like to stay in close contact with you about this and then work with Mr. Lilley and others in the community to make sure that the revenues that are generated in an appropriate way be directed toward this plan to end homelessness…

I think that would be very helpful. And one additional piece that would be very helpful for our committee is when you complete this report and this audit, for us to understand the scope, the magnitude of the resources that could be…

have any of the other 28 detainees (not including the Taliban 5) transferred in 2014 or 2015 reengaged in terrorism?

can a member of al Qaeda or the Taliban play a significant role in terrorist planning and leadership without being in the respective country?

if a released detainee generates terrorist propaganda, this is not technically considered reengagement, correct?

I think that we deserve to know, from the administration when they release someone, are they just releasing them back...