David Shulkin actually said...

Having a veteran's complete and accurate health record in a single common EHR system is critical to that care, and to improving patient safe...

The health and safety of our Veterans is one of our highest national priorities.

We want to permanently authorize this and that is where the issue of us identifying some final offsets to pay for this comes in.

This is about building a VA that veterans choose for their care. We want veterans to choose VA.