Mike Coffman

VA's security posture was never at risk.

Potentially, I think that number is about 20 million.

To inform them that they need to watch out, the fact their--that the system had been compromised, just as any private entity that had been compromised would notify the consumers that they serve.

Don't you feel that the veterans of this country--I being one of them, and there are some other veterans on this Committee--ought to be warned of that fact?

Mr. Warren, why did you not previously disclose to the Committee that VA has had serious and continuous compromises of systems and data by nation-state sponsored actors?

It's my understanding you have not instituted all the patches in the VA system. Is that correct?

Reports from VA's Office of Inspector General... have revealed tremendous problems within VA's Office of Information and Technology.

I would like to welcome everyone to today's hearing titled 'How Secure is Veterans' Private Information?'

I really think that--and I think it does require a certain specialization. There ought to be a cadre of personnel that are solely focused on post-traumatic stress disorder and that's their speciality and that's their focus and moving those…

I want to join my colleagues today to affirm our collective effort to put aside partisanship wherever possible and seek the solutions our country needs. As I meet with constituents across Colorado's Sixth Congressional District, I…

I am proud to have introduced H.R. 241, the Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act.

This legislation will go a long way in ensuring Veteran's critical medical needs... no longer slip through the cracks of the system.

We are all on the same team, with the same goal of providing timely, high quality care to our Veterans.

This is a disgrace to our Veterans, and something that should not be tolerated.

Chairman Coffman and Ranking Member Kirkpatrick, and Members of the Subcommittee, this completes my prepared statement.

The obstacles facing VA construction are disheartening, but I look forward to working with the VA to improve its construction practices and to create a system that is both fair to the veterans who have served this country and to the…

Well, it sounds like you have got a real organizational problem. If you have got a system that is designed--you know, if you are--the problem is, you have got delays; you have got cost overruns; the system isn't working; you are not…

Is this a mandate by Congress? I mean, is it the law?

Is the Electronic Contract Management System being currently utilized, to your knowledge?

We will do one last round for anybody that has any clean-up questions.

Well, I mean, you were in the United States Air Force. If you gave out a mandate--I mean, you should put a memo, we have got a copy of the memo 2 years ago that said everybody has got to use this system, and you are saying now people…

How long has this system been in place and been used?

Is it designed to make the system more efficient?

I am very disappointed and I think that when there are delays in these projects... then I believe that care is ultimately delayed.

I think there has been a history of those subcontractors not being paid, and that is of concern to me.