03/19/2018
https://congress.gov...
"I think we need to hear from them. And add to Mr. McClain's excellent suggestion of having a management organization identify structural and organizational weakness."
"The problem with that is that money belongs to the veteran, and instead of saying we took an $8-million dollar hit for non-VA care to their budget, they need to say we took and gave $8 million dollars..."
"Okay. And I have got limited time, but the reason then that I am showing 48 days army-wide versus 30 days which is what you are saying is that you still have those older cases in the system and as soo..."
"There is this understandable tension between people who are on the verge of transitioning out and their commanders."