that leads me to believe that those that are responsible for these programs are not doing their jobs and, therefore, probably should be fired.

Hopefully that they will go back and do everything that they can to make sure that this is seamless not only within DoD, but between the two Departments because I just want to restate the bottom line for me is to make sure we provide that…

It is disheartening to me that the DoD and VA have made little progress towards integrating the care and coordination and case management across the Departments.

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on this very important topic.

I hope that both the VA and the DoD, especially the DoD, hears the bigger problem within DoD coordinating among the services let alone coordinating with the VA.

It looks to me like that it is a coordination problem.

This proposed legislation to be introduced by Congressman Michaud would correct problems that had come about as a result of Public Law 109-461.

Today's legislative hearing is an opportunity for Members of Congress, veterans, the VA, and other interested parties to provide their viewpoint.

The proposed legislation introduced by Congressman Michaud would correct this problem by changing the statutory authority...

We want to work with the Department and the veterans service organizations to resolve this scoring issue.

This draft legislation incorporates the Administration's fiscal year 2012 construction request to authorize major medical facility projects and leases.