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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaspi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF- FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 11:05 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Mark Kirk (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Kirk, Murkowski, Hoeven, Collins, Boozman, Capito, Cassidy, Tester, Udall, Schatz, and Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY: HON. DAVID J. SHULKIN, M.D., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION DANNY G.I. PUMMILL, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK KIRK Senator KIRK. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morn- ing. This is the subcommittee's second hearing on the fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 advance budget request. The President has requested over $78 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an increase of 4.9 percent. This year, there was a request for $104 billion in advance mandatory benefits funding. This subcommittee of this Congress has given you everything you wanted, and more. The answer to every VA problem is not give us more money, give us more flexibility. We need to fix the VA's corrupt culture and all too often poor performance. We also need to talk about accountability and veterans first and not bureaucrats. Mr. Secretary, I understand that you will be visiting Illinois next week while in Chicago. I hope you will notice the difference in the culture at a facility that combines the military's healthcare stand- ards with veterans' care. I want to recognize my friend, the Senator from the Big Sandy metroplex in Montana, Mr. Tester. (1)

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