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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysavfj0001 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 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:31 p.m. in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jerry Moran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Moran, Murkowski, Hoeven, Collins, Boozman, Capito, Rubio, Schatz, Tester, Murray, Udall, Baldwin, and Mur- phy. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HON. DAVID J. SHULKIN, M.D., SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY: POONAM L. ALAIGH, M.D., ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION THOMAS J. MURPHY, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION RONALD E. WALTERS, INTERIM UNDER SECRETARY FOR MEMO- RIAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION MARK W. YOW, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JERRY MORAN Senator MORAN. Good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. Mr. Secretary, welcome. This is our seventh subcommittee hearing of 2017. Thank you all for being here today, and we are going to discuss the fiscal year 2018 and 2019 budget requests for the Department of Veterans Af- fairs. As far as Federal domestic spending goes, in this year's budget cycle, the Department of Veterans Affairs is in a more comfortable place. With a $4.4 billion or 6 percent funding increase for the De- partment, the budget request before us today, in light of the cir- cumstances of everyone else, could be considered generous. I have always believed, however, that the Department's steward- ship of those funds is the real issue at hand, not just the dollar amount. And I want to hear today from the VA how it plans to im- prove cost estimating, manage spending more prudently and to be more transparent with Congress.

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