The reality is, you are not outraged.

The VA has not been transparent. It has admitted a lack of integrity.

I think that the Veterans Administration is the most mismanaged agency of the Federal Government.

I just don't think it is going to happen. I just don't think you can do it.

Not if you are a veteran, it is not a good system.

I think it's just absolutely extraordinary that--how can somebody go from the United States Army to this environment and yet not take the values from the United States Army into serving our Nation's veterans?

This amendment seeks to take $15.7 million out of the Air Force research, development, test and evaluation account, equal to the amount the Air Force has budgeted for sixth- generation fighter development, and places those funds into the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 31, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,722,000)''. Page 141, line 4, after the…

I thank the chairman. It is also important to ask why the VA has pursued this course. Last month, we learned the answer. On April 22, 2014, Military Times reported that the VA Under Secretary for Benefits, Allison Hickey, objected even to…

As such this hearing was necessary to accomplish a number of items.

If my information was accessible to the VA doctors when I first met them, rather than asking me about the surgeries I had...

So I think the simple answer would be you are not compliant at this point in time.

Well we had a lot of those definitions in progress last night before the full committee and it is disconcerting.

This hearing focuses on continued problems within VA that have caused its contribution to the Vision Center of Excellence to stagnate.

Good morning. This hearing will come to order.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,044,445)''. Page 26, line 1, after the dollar amount…

As a gulf war and Iraq war veteran, I am grateful for the leadership of the gentleman from Florida, Chairman Miller, on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and for his support of H.R. 4261. H.R. 4261, the Gulf War Health Research…

Thank you for your service to our Nation as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. As a veteran, I deeply appreciate all you have done and will do until the end of your term. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of this en bloc…

I think the testimony today clearly states that there is a problem, and it needs to be resolved.

So what happens if they are working with the VA and they lose their license, their state license?

The printed hearing record remains the official version.

I expect the VA to use the discussions and issues heard today to improve upon services provided to our veterans.

I think it is hard for a doctor or a clinician to say that someone has plateaued when that warrior inside knows they have not plateaued.

In light of this reduction, how will VA ensure that veterans with TBI receive quality care and are not short-changed as they live with their disabilities?

Mr. Hazell, thank you so much for your service to the United States Marine Corps, to this country.