David Schweikert: “I thank the Chairmen, and one of my favorite ranking members. Mr. Chairman, part of what we are trying to accomplish…”

“I thank the Chairmen, and one of my favorite ranking members. Mr. Chairman, part of what we are trying to accomplish here--we are going to have two amendments basically in different categories doing this--is if we look over some of the GAO reports from the last couple of years, some of the issues we have had in claims payment processing, if we actually look at the last GAO line items, long-term services support, GAO thought there was about $38 billion in questionable issues. If we come down on even some of the pension processing, there is about $10 billion in questions. We are in the age of sort of a miracle of technology. We also know, when we read over some of the reports coming out of the VA, there are issues on trying to hire staff, trying to hire staff that is qualified, to handle the amount of claims and data and those things that come in. All we are trying to do here is sort of push in the direction of using the technology that is now amongst us. Many of us will refer to AI, but, in some ways, it is bigger than that. It is an algorithm. It is AI, but it is the ability to use data to mine through to see that this is where things aren't working the way they should, here is where we are missing, and here is where there is fraud. The first amendment is on expediting claims.…”