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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdkr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF- FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 3:31 p.m. in room S-128, Capitol Building, Hon. Martin Heinrich (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Heinrich, Leahy, Tester, Murray, Reed, Booz- man, Murkowski, and Capito. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HONORABLE DENIS R. McDONOUGH, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH Senator HEINRICH. Good morning. This hearing of the Sub- committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee is now called to order. I'd like to begin by welcoming Denis McDonough, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. We appreciate the efforts of VA's dedicated staff to provide care and support to veterans, their families, and communities every single day, and especially their efforts during the pandemic. It greatly expanded its telehealth capacity and adapted its essen- tial services, including housing, education, and training, to better serve veterans, including those experiencing homelessness. Today we will discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal years 2023 Budget and 2024 Advance Appropriations Request. Veterans deserve the quality care and benefits that they earned. This budget strives to do that and requests a mandatory appropria- tion of $161 billion and a discretionary appropriation of $135 bil- lion, which reflects a higher reliance on VA care and greater utili- zation of benefits and services than prior years. It also requests a $155 billion mandatory advance appropriation as well as a $128 billion discretionary advance appropriation to support its medical programs in fiscal year 2024. The cost of medical care across private and public sectors con- tinues to rise. Although the pandemic is a factor, these requests continue a trend of large increases in VA medical care that reflect growing demand for both in-house and community care. Veterans are relying on VA for more care today than ever before, which highlights the improvements in VA's medical care system. (1)

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