David Shulkin: “It is a broken process. It will not get better without your help, and we certainly hope that you and your colleagues…”

Delays, as you know, can prevent a veteran who may be ready to confront addiction from actually seeking treatment.

We just have to do more.

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.

We are putting the Veterans' needs first and the money follows.