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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysalxg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF- FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR 2012 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011. VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WITNESS RICHARD GRIFFIN, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, VETERANS AF- FAIRS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OPENING STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN Mr. CULBERSON. The Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs will come to order. We are very pleased today to have Mr. Richard Griffin, the dep- uty inspector general for the Veterans Administration, here to tes- tify to the committee. And we are all on this committee working arm in arm, Mr. Griffin, to ensure that our veterans get the best possible health care, that they are given the very best the Nation can possibly afford. And any organization as large as the VA is going to have ineffi- ciencies and problems. God bless them, they are doing their best, but we are grateful to you for your service and helping us identify areas where we can focus our efforts as a committee to improve the quality of service given to our veterans, and efficiencies in the oper- ation of the agency, in order to ensure not just that the veterans are given the best possible service, but the taxpayers are getting the best value for their dollars. It is a pleasure to have you here, sir. And, again, I thank you for your service. And I would like to, if I could, recognize our Rank- ing Member, Mr. Bishop from Georgia, for any statement he may have at the outset. OPENING STATEMENT OF THE RANKING MEMBER Mr. BISHOP. Thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Griffin, thank you for being here. The fiscal year 2012 budg- et request provides an increase of only $91,000 for the Office of In- spector General. I am interested to see if you think this will be adequate for the inspector general to meet your mission. In addition, there are two areas that I am particularly interested in examining today. The first is the large number of claims back- logs, the reasons for the claims backlog and what can be done to reduce it. I am concerned about the large percentage of errors con- tained in claims process. (1)

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