Jim Nussle: “I write to strongly endorse the House passage of H. Con. Res. 393. The President's budgets have provided historic…”

“I write to strongly endorse the House passage of H. Con. Res. 393. The President's budgets have provided historic funding levels for America's veterans today. The Veterans Administration provides nearly a million more veterans with better, faster health care than when the President took office. So just in the last 3 years, 1 million more veterans have been invited into the VA than under former President Clinton. The President pledged to reduce the average processing time to 100 days and reduce the inventory of pending claims to 250,000. The Department is on track to meet those goals. When the President entered office, VA was providing care to slightly under 4 million veterans. Now, at a time when the overall population of veterans is declining, nearly 5 million patients are being treated. The President's budget reflects his strong commitment on preserving the core mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He salutes the Congress, he says, and he strongly urges Members to vote for this budget resolution.”