When VA Police Officer Greg Crenshaw arrived, Greg persuaded the veteran to take him as the hostage to protect Kathy.
I did not come to VA to do the easy thing, I came here to do the right thing.
The $421 million that we are requesting... would be to fix the problems that currently exist in the Choice Program.
the law says what it says and the conversations that we have had over a long period of time confirm that.
I am not walking back on this. I made a commitment to you and to the veterans and we are going to see this through.
We are not taking a wait-until-we-improve-the-system approach.
In my prior life before coming to VA, as a community provider, we participated in health information exchanges.
I mean, one of the biggest concerns we have is the transition between the DoD and the VA.
The way that we would fix this is by us redesigning this so that it goes back into the hands of the local VA providers here in Alaska.
I listened with interest to Dr. Shulkin, a person who stepped up into this job and said I am here because I want to be part of the solution.
I support the VA. My job, my company's job that I am privileged to run--I do not own.