David Shulkin: “I want to get on with this. I think the veterans deserve it.”

The VA has a responsibility to increase its capacity for substance abuse.

I think you are absolutely correct. It is why we have had a 90-percent reduction on new starts in opioids because we are using a different approach.

We are following the Federal contracting rules and regulations, and we are trying to do this as quickly as we can.

We have $1.8 billion in the President's budget for ending Veterans homelessness.