David Shulkin

Well, this fully funds our needs, and people should be filling those positions.

Our people who work in our facilities are our most valuable asset, and we have to make sure we have the right people serving Veterans.

If that is true, let me make it clear right now, that should not be followed.

We think VA can help lead this for the whole country by making this interoperable.

I believe that this was essential travel.

We want our benefits to focus on getting Veterans back to independence and well-being.

We cannot continue to do business as usual and think that the VA is a sustainable structure for decades to come.

We cannot continue to do it the same way.

There is no excuse for these past projects, and we cannot continue to do business as usual.

I turned on my morning news one day and I saw that the President had issued an executive order on mental health care.

I do regret the decisions that have been made that have taken the focus off of that important work.

While you have said in the past that these Veterans should not be waiting any longer, that is a quote.

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

As soon as you guys pass a law on this, giving us the authority to do it.

I believe that no veteran should have to ever leave their home because of one of these severe illnesses or injuries if they don't want to.

The Honorable David Shulkin M.D., Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

VA's enterprise-wide efforts to modernize the appeals process through improvements in technology.

Every single site, except for one, has made improvements in their prescribing rates in opioids.

This is a country-wide commitment.

We want to continue that partnership with HUD.

When veterans get jobs, it keeps them in sustainable housing.

We have to rethink our effort.

We will not back down from that goal, and we will continue to drive to do everything we can to end veteran homelessness.

We have identified a need for 1,000 mental health professionals.

In order to do that, VA does need more mental health professionals.