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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqth0001 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 2013 THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:03 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tim Johnson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Johnson, Inouye, Landrieu, Reed, Nelson, Mur- kowski, Blunt, and Coats. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HON. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY: HON. ROBERT A. PETZEL, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH ALLISON HICKEY, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS STEVE L. MURO, UNDER SECRETARY FOR MEMORIAL AFFAIRS HON. ROGER W. BAKER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INFORMA- TION AND TECHNOLOGY W. TODD GRAMS, EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE FOR THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM JOHNSON Senator JOHNSON. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. We meet today to review the President's fiscal year 2013 budget request and fiscal year 2014 advance 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. Before we begin, I want to acknowledge the temporary absence of my friend and ranking member, Senator Mark Kirk. Senator Kirk has been a great partner as we try to provide the VA with the necessary funds and oversight to transform the VA into a mod- ern 21st century department. In fact, I'm told that when his staff met with him very recently, his first question was, What progress has the VA and DOD made on electronic health records? I look forward to Senator Kirk's speedy return so that we can continue to work together for our Nation's vets. In order to reserve the majority of time for the questions, I'm going to keep my opening statement short. The overall discre- tionary budget request for the VA totals $61 billion, $2.5 billion over the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. Additionally, the submis-

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