ms. mcdonald. [ applause ] . >> thank you very much. i am very honored to be here representing the voice of families who will use these hospitals. ucsf has living to my voice and the voice of other family members throughout the several years it took to get these buildings designed and built. they listened to the concerns that families had about being able to stay in the room with the patients and now they can. they listened to concerns about a need for a private place for families to gather or to speak to doctors without the earshot of a patient and work them into the design. they listened to the needs of mom's like me or close family members of any patient to be part of the team and usually appreciated the input i gave. they understood that when a family member is in the hospital, time tops, -- stops, but the world continues and to find ways to assist families and keeping their world together while being there for the patient and they are providing resources for the families. something as simple as the use of a fax machine or washing m

ms. hydra mendosa mcdonald are you ready to take the oath of office? all right.ool board to propose to hydra i don't know what is he going to do tonight but if he does something i'm going to ask ohio draz parent to just close our eyes anyway hydra step forward with our family and repeat after me >> i. >> (repeated.) >> do seldom swear. >> (repeated.) >> that i will support and defend. >> rpdz. >> constitution of the united states and the constitution state of california. >> (repeated.) >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> (repeated.) >> it i will bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. >> (repeated.) >> that i take this obligation freely. >> (repeated.) >> without any mental reservation (laughter). >> come on spit it out. >> (repeated.) >> or purpose of evasion. >> (repeated.) >> and that i will well and faithfully. >> (repeated.) >> discharge the duties. >> (repeated.) >> upon which i am about to enter. >> (repeated.) >> and during much time as i hold the office. >> (repeat

ms. donald. -- mcdonald's. we tried to ask him about mcdonald's couple of months ago.now mcdonald's has had a brutal quarter. we have to find out is bill doing anything with mcdonald's? back to get it up on herbalife. it was this conference a couple of years ago, that weinstein spoke about the london whale and bet against him and exposing the trade. it is a big event that i will be interviewing bill ackerman on thursday. if you will not be there, i hope you will watch. fabio: i will. it is interesting and people doing things for a good cause. stephanie: this thursday you can get tickets. you should watch. i will be there. or now, we have to sign off. did you enjoy yourself? fabio: i had a lot of fun. stephanie: that will be it for us. thank you for watching "market makers." ♪ approaching 56 minutes past the hour. bloomberg television is on the markets. avoiding a third day of losses on a deal to avoid a greek debt default. earnings from companies like coca-cola. it is the worst performing sector in the s&p 500 with crude oil prices sliding at $50.80. join me for today'

ms. brown. i would like to welcome our first panel to the table this morning. accompanying the honorable robert mcdonald was secretary of the department of veterans affairs is in german secretary for health the honorable alison hickey undersecretary for benefits mr. ronald walters interim undersecretary for moral affairs, ms. helen tierney executive in charge for the office of management in va chief and financial officer and mr. steffen warren executive in charge and chief information officer within the office of them permission and technology. mr. secretary again thank you for being here and please proceed with your statement. >> thank you. ranking member brown chairman miller with members of the committee thanks for the opportunity to discuss b.a.s 2016 budget and advance appropriations requests. thank you as as well are joining maine and vermont last week for groundbreaking breaking town hall meeting. we deeply appreciate appreciate the president sent congress a steadfast support for veterans, their families and survivors as well as the advocacy of veterans service organizations. our nation is emergi

ms. kuster you're recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to start by commending you, secretary mcdonald, for the efforts that your team has done to settle the lawsuit out in west los angeles. we had a hearing yesterday in the oversight and investigation committee and we had a discussion about the steps that will be taken. a couple of things in follow-up and i'll be working with our subcommittee chair, mr. coffman but one is we want to stay in very close touch with your team about the plan for the west l.a. facility. particularly addressing homelessness of veterans in west l.a., and then we had suggested to have a follow-up hearing next fall when you come back with your report so that we can stay closely engaged with that. >> we would love to do that. i think what we demonstrated in west l.a. more than anything else is this is a team sport and we all need to play together on the same team. and it's just silly to think that we have a national issue with veterans being homeless. and in the city with perhaps the largest homeless population in the country, we had a lawsuit going for four yea

mcdonald's had not spun off chipotle, would it be chipotle. >> still coulda woulda shoulda. what is google now? $400 billion company? >> quite a bit. >> one other person says letting gates keep the license for mss. a lot of them are involved in tech for some reason probably because there's just so much change. >> also the facebook phone was out there. amazon's phone was out there. we could go on all day with these. >> sometimes we do. >> yes, of course. up next keurig green mountain a moon shot the last two years. but a new report, not too optimistic ahead of earnings. coke pepsico, keurig green mountain, we'll discuss when we come back. of americans try... ...to cook healthy meals. yet up to 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more... ...add one a day 50+. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports physical energy with b vitamins. one a day 50+ at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. the 415, 628 area code overlay begins. starting february

mcdonald, secretary of veterans affairs doctor carolyn clancy and secretary for health, the honorable allison hickey under the secretary for benefits. mr. ronald walters, interim undersecretary for the memorial affairs msierney executive director in charge for the office of management and the va chief financial officer and mr. warren, executive in charge of and chief information officer within the office of information and technology. mr. secretary, again, thank you for being here and please, proceed with your statement. >> thank you chairman miller ranking member brown to my members, thank you for the virginity to discuss the 2016 budget and 2017 advanced appropriations request. thank you as well for joining me in vermont last week for the groundbreaking town hall meeting. we deeply appreciate the presence and the congress support for veterans, their families and survivors as well as the advocacy of the veteran service organization. our nation is emerging from the longest war in its history. va is emerging the va is emerging from one of the most serious crises the department has ever experienced. we now have before us the greatest opportunity we've ever had to improve care for veterans and to build a