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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqcq0001 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 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 1:08 p.m., in Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Courthouse, court room 1903, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, Hon. Mark Kirk (chairman) of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senator Kirk. A REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK KIRK Senator KIRK. We will bring this hearing to order. We would not have a country without our veterans. The best way to care for our men and women in uniform is to provide for their healthcare after they have finished Active Duty. I was so disappointed to hear that veterans had been mistreated in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals by those charged with providing their care. Dedicated nurses and doctors reporting poor treatment of our vets should be heard and not silenced. In- stead, these brave Americans are being victimized for reporting on the culture of corruption that currently exists in the VA. As chairman of this subcommittee, I want to do all I can to help the professionals who are serving our veterans. We must protect the protectors of our veterans. I will soon be introducing a VA Patient Protection Act in the Senate, to make sure that abuse and wrongdoing is reported imme- diately and fixed right away, with the truth-tellers coming forward without fear. This week, I won a great victory in the Senate for veterans' healthcare when the Senate agreed to move forward on the VA ap- propriations bill that I wrote with funding for our veterans. In that 93-0 vote, we won the support of every single voting Democrat in the Senate. This was a true bipartisan victory for my bill, which has the highest level ever for funding for our veterans and makes sure that it provides more than $1 billion more than the President even requested for his budget.

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