MICHAEL GRIMM: “This is about protecting the taxpayer as much as we can. This is the fiscally conservative, prudent way to do so.”

This audit was released over a year ago and to this day, the complaints of poor service from the VA to schedule timely medical appointments is still one of the most frequent by veterans in my district.

We want to move away from risk identification of that binary line. We want to move into graduated risk analysis and true flood management of multi-frequency hazards, including future conditions.

Simply put, they completely miss the mark. It is actually the veteran that may have Post Traumatic Stress that is actually training the dog.

I completely understand the need for actuarially-sound programs. But I think where we are missing it is the balance between actuarially sound and functionally and practically sound.