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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqcp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF- FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:38 a.m. in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Mark Kirk (chairman) of the sub- committee, presiding. Present: Senators Kirk, Collins, Boozman, Capito, Cassidy, Reed, Udall, and Baldwin. A REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK KIRK Senator KIRK. Well, thank you all for being here. The American people rightly expect our veterans to receive the best healthcare in America, but the system that is designed to pro- vide it is failing. The reason why we know about these failures is because of the people we are going to hear from, like Dr. Katherine Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell is going to tell us about the failures of people who have been entrusted with the duty to give that care. She broke the story on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) scandal that ended up in the resignation of the secretary. We quickly realized that the Veterans Affairs corruption problem was not unique. In- stead, the corruption was actually rampant. Germaine Carno, a social worker and union president, stood up to say that the corrupt bonus schemes that brought down the Phoe- nix VA was at the Hines VA in my home State. Dr. Lisa Nee also uncovered boxes and boxes of unread echo- cardiograms leading her to discover dozens of unnecessary sur- geries on our veterans. The truth about corruption in VA hospitals was not easy to re- veal for Katherine Mitchell, Germaine Carno, and Dr. Lisa Nee. They have been through hell to give mistreated veterans a voice be- cause the system built to protect whistleblowers to fight corruption has failed them. The VA system is funded by this committee. We are here to ensure that those who wore the uniform get the care that they deserve.

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