David Shulkin: “I do believe it needs to be for all veterans, particularly our older veterans who want to stay at home.”

I am confident that we made the right decision here, that Congress has been asking us, for now 18 years, to find a way to get our systems to work together with the Department of Defense.

The VISN model was put in place close to 20 years ago, a very innovative model that has served VA well.

It takes way too long to get this stuff done.

I ask for your steadfast support in funding our full FY 2019 and FY 2020 AA budget requests.