mr. blake you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and members of the committee. on behalf of the co-authors of the independent budget seated at the table, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify on the 2016/2017 budget. we ask that our report of independent budget for the department of veterans affairs for fiscal year 2016 and 2017 be admitted into the official hearing record. >> without objection. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me begin by saying we believe this is probably the best va budget we have seen in my years being up here on the hill. that being said recent media reports have pointed out that va's have hundreds of millions of dollars in resources carried over in recent years. the va has done a questionable job of managing resources that have been given in the past that we believe the axis problems in the long waiting lists identified over the last year clearly affirmed that point. however we also believe the va prior to this year has continuously requested and -- insufficient funds to adequately pr

mr. blake you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and members of the committee. on behalf of the co-authors of the independent budget city near the table i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify on the 2016/2070 budget. our ask that our report of independent budget for the department of veterans affairs for fiscal year 2016 and 2017 be admitted into the official hearing record. >> without objection. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me begin by saying we believe this is probably the best va budget we have seen in my years being up here on the hill. that being said recent media reports have pointed out that the a's have hundreds of millions of dollars in resources carried over in recent years. the va has done a questionable job of managing and sufficient resources that have been given in the past that we believe the axis problems in the long waiting lists identified over the last year clearly affirmed that point. however we also believe the va prior to this year has continuously requested and sufficient funds to

mr. herman blake, one of teaching assistants in the course. we will discuss today some of the goals and some of the strategies of the nation of islam, and i wonder if mr. blake might start off by asking mr. shbaz a question. >> minister malcolm, i the think i thought might be good to starting it off talk about one of most pervasive beliefs in the general society about the nation of islam and that is that it is an organization dedicated to the use of violent means to attain its goals. the question i have is how true is this, and why do you think it persists in society? >> well, the muslims who have accepted the religion of islam and followed the religious guidance of the honorable elijah mohammed have never bombed any churches, have never murdered any little girls as one was done in birmingham, have never lynched anybody, have never at any time been guilty of initiating any aggressive acts of violence during the entire 33 years or more that the honorable elijah mohammed has been teaching us. the charge of violence against us actually stems from

mr. blake, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and members of the committee. on behalf of the co-authors seated here, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify on the fy 16 and 17 budget. i asked that the report of the independent budget be admitted into the official hearing record. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we believe that this is probably the best v.a. budget that we have seen in my many years of being a peer on the hill. that being said, recent media reports of point out that the the a had hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent resources carried over in recent years, we do not dispute that fact. the v.a. has done a question will job of managing the insufficient resources it has been given in the past. we believe that the access problems and the long waiting list identified over the last year clearly affirm that point. however, we also believe that the v.a. prior to this year has continuously requested insufficient funds to adequately provide health care and veterans services.

mr. herman blake, one of teaching assistants in th

mr. blakerve on the audit and governance and public responsibility committees of the p & g board. he was ceo of home depot until november of 2014 and just retired as chairman of home depot earlier this month. frank blake, former chairman and ceo of home depot will join procter & gamble's board effective immediately. >> wanted to mention, it's a high powered board of p & g. ter this as proctor and ganler & gamble is in the process of choosing their new ceo. it's interesting to have blake's experience having just successfully engineered a ceo, what investors saw as a smooth ceo transition for home depot. >>> someone in their 20s has 40 years to save for retirement and for generations the common belief was that stocks were the best place to grow the most over that amount of time. but some financial plainers are now steering young people we're told away from stocks. sharon epperson what's going on? >> well, i'll tell you what's going on? young investors are loading up on stocks in their 401(k) plan

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accompanying mr. blake is mr. davies coates director of the gop. mr.y, director of legislative service veterans of the foreign war. ms. diane, national what is latest rector. we are also going to be having testimony from mr. ian at the american legion. mr. blake, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. on behalf of the co-authors of the independent budget seat at the table i would like to thank you for the committee to testify today on the va fiscal year 2016 and 2017 budget. i ask that the report of the independent budget of the department affairs veterans affairs for fiscal year 2015 and 2017 b. knitted into the record. >> without objection. >> thank you mr. chair. let me begin by saying this is probably the best va budget that we've seen in my many years of being being here on the hill. that being said recent media reports have pointed out that the va has had hundreds of billions of dollars and i'm spent resources. over in recent years. we do not dispute that fact. in fact the va is a questionable job of managing the resources they've