David Shulkin

We are committed to continuing to stay at this until we end veteran homelessness.

We want to continue that partnership with HUD.

I think this is a great success story of what this Committee was able to do in 2017.

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

This is a country-wide commitment.

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

TAPS strongly believes that the best way to do this is through a legislative change.

We hope there will be coordination within the IHLs so that the person actually talking to the student is aware of the changes.

should focus on the things veterans need us to focus on and work with companies who know how to do this better than we do

There is no doubt, our Vietnam veterans have waited way too long for us to bring this to resolution.

I think Ms. Brownley's bill with G.T. Thompson really narrows the focus of the VA.

I created this task force by carefully selecting each of these outstanding individuals who helped to develop and determine what the best possible pilot program for MST survivors should look like.

We need to do that, and we are doing that with the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies.

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

We believe that this program, compared to continuing Choice and Community Care Programs as they are, will actually be billions of dollars less over 10 years.

What we learned is, is that VA needs to take back customer service, you can't outsource that.

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

VA must take back customer service.

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

I tell people we have the best leadership and the best Committees in both the House and the Congress anywhere.

I can't give a stronger assurance to our providers that they absolutely will be protected using these telehealth authorities.

Well, first of all, I have already indicated my strong support for allowing us to be able to access a non-veteran donor.

We greatly appreciate the Committee including the Administration's proposal for comprehensive improvements to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Community Care program, the Veteran Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences (CARE)…

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

We are very grateful to Representative Coffman for his leadership on other than honorable.