dr. shulkin. i will start by saying that, to the ranking member, that we have started a great discussion on caregivers and will continue that with a roundtable. i would like to make that roundtable bicameral, so we can get both the senators and us in a room together. i thought it was a great start the other day. i do see a pathway forward where we can do this right and get this done, hopefully this year. that would be my goal. n choice, i sent all of you this article. i still read my medical journals. february 6 medical association journal, a great article on ensuring timely access to quality care. i would encourage -- i will send them to your office. i encourage you to read them. mr. secretary, you mentioned yesterday the v.a. -- most people out in the country did not realize how expensive the v.a. is. people out in the country did not realize how expensive the v.a. is. we look at the medical care and all the facets of medical care that the v.a. does, the benefit process, which we know has gotten

dr. shulkin testified before the house and veterans affairs committee. a congressman, who called for the secretary to resign, spoke with reporters after the hearing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the committee will come to order. thank you all for being here to discuss the president's fiscal year 2019 budget submission for the department of veterans affairs. holds 19.8 6equest million -- billion. that is a huge number. it is even more striking when you compare the growth in the be a budget to the overall federal spending and the economy. it illustrates his point. since 2006, the v.a. budget is up 175%. overall federal spending increased by 54% and gdp grew only 40%. given the aggressive expansion of the a resources, i appreciate the secretary's testimony. the department must stay focused on the core mission to ensure resources are properly utilized and veterans care prioritize. the able tak

dr. shulkin: we were able to get that once a deal was reached.e were given an additional $500 million to support that executive order. we had originally made the as you know ranking member, because we thought it was the right thing to do. worry about the money, but we are fortunate that the $500 million was given to us to make sure that was done thoroughly and appropriately. >> -- rep. walz: our phone number is down here. we were under the assumption that that money was going inside the v.a., which all the research in the rand corporation shows is far more successful than until health care. that will be a discussion for this committee to have. based on the baseline, and reflects close to a 50% increase in community care. is that the normal increase, 50% in the community? uhh, i don't think so. i think we have seen a significant increase as we have addressed the axis crisis. this was a significant crisis in 2014. we still have some axis issues. out, inetting veterans a way we agree upon. we have reached essentially a much slower growth rate. we ar

dr. shulkin personally pushing back against the findings say the report is not accurate and not objective he said in interview on wednesday. i was horrified when i saw the way the investigator conducted himself leaving the witness to his own interpretation and bias. this resulted in a couple of tweets. this from leo shane out in military time says he did an interview with him himself. he says he will comply with all the inspector general recommendations. already wrote a check to the u.s. treasury to reinburst for wife's bill and wimbledon tickets. he says shulkin must resign now. president trump ran on accountability. according to "the washington post," shulkin set to appear before the veterans panel today to talk about the budget but ultimately will be asked about these questions. you can see that at 8:00 this morning. watch it on c-span3. look for it at c-span.org and radio app. from michigan, a parent. we'll hear from don. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm thinking controlling the guns isn't going to do it. we need to go about it some other way. sick people will always find a we

dr. shulkin, and all the rest of you for being here. i know i had to step out to a different event here for a while and i know that my colleague dr. wenstrup asked questions about va facilities. in the reinvestment of the dollars that you're getting from closing or shutting down unused space, you can track on a short-term basis and then a long-term projection as to exactly how you're going to reinvest the dollars that you save from not maintaining a space open that is not being used? >> yes. yes, we will be able to do that. currently today when we dispose of a property, sometimes very large properties like in pittsburgh or in new orleans we disposed of the whole site that we had flolast in katrina. we give that back not to the va but to the gsa or the treasury. under the president's infrastructure program that he announced on monday, in there would be a proposal that va could retain those proceeds if we were to give back property and we would track that very specifically and they would be reinvested in infrastructure in the va. >> so if

dr. david shulkin. >> good afternoon everybody, thank you for those comments. i appreciate it and i want to have a chance to update you as both our governors said, we are going to have a chance to hear from you and some questions and some interaction, which i really look forward to. just this past month i had a chance to meet with the directors of your state homes. i'm going to have a chance to me with your state directors of veteran affairs. the more interaction i can hear and we have a chance to share what is happening in your state and how we can better support you, it's really important. i was like to start with why we do this, it's really our mission as you remember from history, right before the second inaugural address president lincoln gave the country this mission, that is really our responsibility to care for him or her who has borne the battle and be able to be there for them when they come home to their families. this past year we have had some important accomplishments 11 bills that passed through congress that the president has signed are all done

dr. david shulkin testifies thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> richard branson, founder of the virgin group, talked about his start as a business owner and shared thoughts on the future of space travel. this was part of the goldman-sachs small business summit in washington, d.c. it's 40 minutes. >>> sir richard branson, ladies and gentlemen. we are thrilled to have you here today. you need no introduction, but i'm going to give you one anyway. you've started over 400 companies in your career of managing businesses over five decades. i'm sure that there's going to be a bunch of valuable insight that you can provide to all the business owners that are here, so screw it, let's get on and do it. and i'm really excited, personally. this is great for me. so i'm just going to start. you started all this when you were a kid. you were 16 years old. you launched a magazine, "student" and you then went on to launch virgin records. i'm pretty

dr. david shulkin testifies about his agency's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> president trump held a meeting with members of congress to discuss trade policies. the discussion centered around the president's goal of ensuring fair and reciprocal trade policies that benefit american workers and grow the economy. this meeting from the white house cabinet room is 50 minutes. >> they're on our side. they just can't say it. okay, thank you very much, i'm delighted to welcome both republicans and democrats, nice sound. isn't that a nice sound? and we won't be discussing daca. but there's

dr. david shulkin testifies about his agency's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

dr. david shulkin testifies about his agency's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> president trump held a meeting with members of congress to discuss trade policies. the discussion centered around the president's goal of ensuring fair and reciprocal trade policies that benefit american workers and grow the economy. this meeting from the white house cabinet room is 50 minutes. >> they're on our side. they just can't say it. okay, thank you very much, i'm delighted to welcome both republicans and democrats, nice sound. isn't that a nice sound? and we won't be discussing daca. but there's plenty of discus

dr. david shulkin testify testifies about his agent's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> sunday night on "after words," former u.s. trade negotiator and senior senate staffer ira shapiro with his book "broken: can the senate save itself and the country?" he's interviewed by former senate majority leader tom daschle. >> politics was supposed to be about finding a way to overcome some of those differences through principled -- through extended discussion and a real legislative process, through principled compromise. it wasn't supposed to be about one party winning on their own. the times, as you know, the times in history when one party has been able to do this on your own are very few, maybe 1933 and '34, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, '64/'65, but even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's "book tv." >>> next, a panel on trade from the georgeto

dr. scholl's. born to move. >>> now threatens the tenure of epa administrator scott pruitt. in the case of david shulkin several levels. there's a damning inspector general report about his behavior this week. it not only includes he repeatedly lied about his travel and using government funds to pay for his wife, his report refers his chief of staff to the justice department for potential criminal prosecution. it stems from a trip that shulkin took his wife on last summer in july, over ten days in europe, secretary shulkin had three and a half scheduled days of work but all the rest of the time was for -- we have a list from the inspector's report. touring the palace for the changing of the guard, visiting rosenberg castle, visiting frederickberg's castle, shopping in copenhagen, a visit to the church of war rooms and visit westminster abbey, a visit to st. paul's cathedral, a visit to tower bridge and shakespeare's globe theater, a trip on the london eye, that ferry wheel thing, another trip to the windsor castle, all on the taxpayers' dime. he took his wife to the wimbledon championship. he said it wa

dr. david shulkin testify testifies about his agent's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> sunday night on "after words," former u.s. trade negotiator and senior senate staffer ira shapiro with his book "broken: can the senate save itself and the country?" he's interviewed by former senate majority leader tom daschle. >> politics was supposed to be about finding a way to overcome some of those differences through principled -- through extended discussion and a real legislative process, through principled compromise. it wasn't supposed to be about one party winning on their own. the times, as you know, the times in history when one party has been able to do this on your own are very few, maybe 1933 and '34, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, '64/'65, but even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two years. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's "book tv." >>> next,

dr. david shulkin testifies thursday. secretary shulkin appears before the house veterans affairs committee live at 8:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> richard branson, founder of the virgin group, talked about his start as a business owner and shared thoughts on the future of space travel. this was part of the goldman-sachs small business summit in washington, d.c. it's 40 minutes. >>> sir richard branson, ladies and gentlemen.