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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqss0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m. in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tim Johnson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Johnson, Inouye, Reed, Nelson, Tester, Kirk, Murkowski, Blunt, and Hoeven. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HON. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY: HON. ROBERT PETZEL, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH MICHAEL WALCOFF, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS STEVE MURO, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR MEMORIAL AF- FAIRS HON. ROGER BAKER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TODD GRAMS, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM JOHNSON Senator JOHNSON. Good morning. The hearing will come to order. We meet today to review the President's fiscal year 2012 budget request and fiscal year 2013 advanced appropriation request for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Secretary Shinseki, I welcome you and your colleagues, and I thank you for appearing before our subcommittee. I also welcome Senator Kirk as the new ranking member, and I look forward to working with him and with all the new and return- ing members of the subcommittee as we move the fiscal year 2012 budget process forward. Before getting started with my opening statement, I want to rec- ognize the chairman of the full Committee and the most senior member of the subcommittee, Senator Inouye, for any opening re- marks he may have. STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE Senator INOUYE. All right. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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