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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysabht0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:43 p.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tim Johnson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Johnson, Reed, Udall, Begich, Mikulski, Kirk, Collins, Murkowski, and Hoeven. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HON. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ACCOMPANIED BY: HON. ROBERT A. PETZEL, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH HON. ALLISON HICKEY, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS W. TODD GRAMS, EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE, OFFICE OF MANAGE- MENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HON. STEVE L. MURO, UNDER SECRETARY FOR MEMORIAL AF- FAIRS STEPHEN WARREN, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INFOR- MATION AND TECHNOLOGY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM JOHNSON Senator JOHNSON. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. We meet today to review the President's fiscal year 2014 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Secretary Shinseki, I welcome you and your colleagues, and I thank you for your appearance before this subcommittee. I'm also very pleased to welcome back my colleague and ranking member, Senator Mark Kirk. Senator Kirk has made great progress in his recovery due, I'm sure, as much to his sheer grit and determination as to his medical team. Senator Kirk has been a strong supporter and partner on this subcommittee, and I look forward to continuing our work on behalf of the Nation's vets. Mr. Secretary, I'm pleased to see that eliminating the backlog in claims processing is among your top priorities. We must fix this problem once and for all. After fighting for our Nation on the bat- tlefield, our vets simply cannot be subject to months, if not years, of fighting redtape to secure the benefits they have earned. (1)

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