lucille beck, chief consultant for rehabilitation services, director for audiology and speech pathology and acting chief consultant for prosthetic and century age service in the veterans health administration. also accompanied by mr. norbert doyle and mr. ford hurd, associate deputy assistant secretary in the department of veterans affairs office of acquisitions and logistics. mr. makofski, your complete written statement will be made part of the record and you are recognized for five minutes. >> chairman johnson, ranking member donnelly, and members of the is subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to speak about the department of veterans affairs ability to deliver quality care and acquire prosthetics and other devices. i'm accompanied today by lucille beck, rehabilitation services and acting chief consultant prosthetics and century aid service. mr. norbert doyle and mr. ford hurd san hurd assistant secretary. to improve the business processes governing the procurement of prosthetic devices for veterans. we are taking care to ensure these changes approve the accountability of thes

lucille beck. dr. beck is the acting chief consultant for the prosthetic and sensory aid service. she is accompanied by dr. joe webster, national director for the amputation system of care. dr. joe miller, national program director for the orthotic and prosthetic services and norbert doyle, chief procurement and logistics officer, for the department of veteran affairs. thank you very much for being here this morning. i guess it's afternoon now. dr. beck, if you would proceed. thank you. >> thank you. good morning, chairman buerkle, ranking member michaud and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to speak about the department of veterans affairs' ability to deliver state of the art care to veterans with amputations. i'm accompanied today by dr. webster, our director of the amputation system of care, dr. miller, our national program director for orthotic and prosthetic services and mr. norbert doyle, who is vha's chief procurement and logistics officer. va's prosthetics and sensory aid service is the largest and most comprehensive provider of prosthetic devices