jeff [speaker not understood] and loty titus [speaker not understood]. good afternoon, good to see you. >>> good afternoon, thanks for your persistence and the crowd here, too. i was head of cardiology at kaiser richmond for most of my career and then i was on the richmond city council and i led the richmond soda tax effort. and i just want to really commend you. you can make history here. it's not that often you can do that, and you can make history here in a very special way by improving the health of your most vulnerable population. that's something that the public health community is trying to do all over the world right now. wonderful presentation. and i really commend you for stressing the oral health because that gets forgotten a lot. but these sugary beverages also now, a long list, not just obesity, oral health, diabetes, heart attacks, dying from heart attackseses, strokes, high blood pressure, some cancers, fatty liver, probably dementia, and the latest on the list, it interferes with sperm motility. so, sugar basically gums up the works where

titus, great to see you. great background. the men rocked the football world yesterday with their performance. do you think it will last or have they piqued too soon in the tournament? >> well, it's got to be better than not peeking at all which is better than what -- peaking at all which is better tan what many expected. louie works better with young players and his team looked unburdened by any expectations against the spain's side carrying plenty of expectations n their shoulders. >> all right, we're going to look ahead at what's in store later today and we'll get back to you in just a moment. because there are four matches scheduled for today, including a clash between two of europe's most storied teams, england and italy. italy were runners-up in the european cup two years ago. and enter the tournament with high expectations. but the italians will but against a much improved england side. both teams have spent weeks preparing for the human conditions in there. titus, let's look ahead. england and italy facing off in the a

titus. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i was going to ask that question, to come if you do think that these programs are being hurt either focus on just reducing the backlog, no matter what. and the people who are in, the veterans were in these programs don't count as part of those figures that are used to show the backlog, even though they are waiting this long periods of time, is that accurate? >> that is why understand, yes. >> another thing that doesn't seem to count, and you mentioned that the va doesn't count the processing time that occurs prior to leaving the service, when they're talking about the amount of time it takes to process one of these claims. would you expand on why that would be an important aspect of this whole backlog? >> in the simplest of terms, if i am a veteran and i file a claim, i start counting from that day. now, i understand that vba is very concerned that they have up front processing at a point where the active service member has not become entitled to the benefit. but when you're looking a

codes we have in the exhibit, in this case is calvin titus. titus won a medal of honor for daring and galant conduct, he was one of the first soldiers to scale the walls of peking during the boxer rebellion. this q.r. code will take your cell phone to a recording of his actual oral history. >> this is something that took place a long time ago and it's followed me. i can't get away from it. >> but the wall looks like the one you scaled? >> yes, that's a very good representation of it. of course, as you see that fellow standing on top there now, that would have been impossible. that thing those stones are round up on top and narrow and nobody could stand up there unless he was an acrobat. >> what did you think at the time you were scaling it, were you sure you would make it or did you have doubts about it? >> well, i thought i'd make it all right. i wasn't very much afraid of that because i was a fairly good climber. but of course i never thought about what i was getting into. ( laughter ) >> i understand that when president the door roosevelt p

. >> geologist and college professor robert titus analyzes lex's footage and says the iceberg had all the telltale signs of an impending breakdown. >> now what's happening here is this iceberg drifted into warm water. the warmth of the surrounding water caused the ice to expand and to contract and to fracture and to crack. and by the time these people got there the whole thing simply collapsed. >> lex uploads his incredible shot to youtube and within one month he gets 200,000 views. sometimes it takes traveling thousands of miles away from home to be in the right place at the right time. i was really lucky. and happy to show it to the rest of the world. >>> coming up -- residents of a small italian town run for their lives to escape a massive landslide. when "caught on camera: watch out" continues. northrop grumman. life with crohn's disease ois a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts? what if i eat the wrong thing? what if? what if i suddenly have to go? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're no

titus of nevada. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available in this act may be used to issue rules or regulations to allow an individual on an aircraft to engage in voice communications using a mobile device during a or enter that aircraft flight intra-state except for crew member of board the aircraft or officer on board the aircraft. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. titus: after speaking with the committee, i plan to withdraw my amendment. i want to take a moment to speak on the underlying issue pause i think it's very important. my amendment would prohibit the department from engaging in rule making to allow the use of voice communication devices in flight. in other words, cell phones. when the federal communications commission first floated the idea of allowing cell phone usage on airplanes, the response from the american people was so clear you could hear a pin drop. something that would not be possible if you were sur

titus. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. titus p.c. i'm pleased to join -- ms. titus: i'm pleased to join with my colleagues to increase the summer food program for children by $3 million. across the country one in every five children is at risk of going hungry. in nevada, more than $233,000 children qualify for free or reduced lunch that means 54% of nevada students come from low-income households that struggle with hunger. while they eat free or reduced price lunches in the school yearering the vast majority are left without adequate nutrition in the summer. the summer e.b.t. program helps fill the gap by giving families additional snap benefits in the summer months. it works. in 2012 it served almost 67,000 children who might have otherwise gone hungry and participation in this program is dramatically higher than in other programs serving up to 75% of eligible children. that's why i believe that we should meet the president's budget request and increase funding to feed as many hungry children as possible. a vacation from school shouldn't mean a hungry child.

titus has been during the world cup since 1970.e in since 1994 and threw money at the situation and one market share. they now have $2.3 billion in terms of sales. that is about half a billion adidas.n a titus -- they are pretty equal in terms of who will be on the pitch for them in the final grouping. -- five jerseys they are sponsoring. brazil, greece, france, the u.s. >> the dutch. >> there was a lot of turf war going on between nike and a titus -- adidas. it is going to be a particular problem when nike sponsors a team on top of them. they did not put enough england branding. >> they do sponsor mr. suarez. they are also winning on social media. 37 million facebook likes. .s double what adidas has >> five days of music. hundreds of thousands of people. usually lots of rain and mother's day -- rain and mann. it can only be lasted very -- glastonbury. >> the director of global credit. ♪ >> in time for today's company news. their headsto cut cut by 2500. the carmaker employs some 70,000 people. they pledge to cut payroll cost's. se

and that's something titus fisher was determined not to see happen to his own children.lp them avoid a future of gang-banging. >> i've seen my son getting ready to start when he was only 14. so, i hurried up and got him out of there. that's another reason i moved out here. when we moved out here, i said, you can be whatever you want to be. you know what i mean? now he's straight-as. he hasn't got a "b" in, like, three years. he's straight-as. on the football team. star football player. so, he's on his way to do something. you know what i mean? >> thompson also has three children. but their future seems less certain. >> i had a son. he go bang what daddy bang. >> what is that you want from him? >> he'll have the same life. but if he choose the other way, hey, go ahead. >> for you it's not a negative for him to spend a lot of time in prison, for your son? it's not a negative for you? >> nah. >> in another context, in another environment, it might be a parent saying to their child, if you don't end up being a doctor i'll still love you. with duker it was, like, if his son d

miss titus talked about the 95%. when i see 95%, i think that's something we can make to stream line the process, we can do that. airlines notify people when their plane is going to be late or what have you, the technology now. i'm probably the worst one to talk about technology because i'm horrible at it. you know, thank god i'm married and have a wife who's very bright. i have grandkids who fix my computer, but the -- a lot of people are just brain dead when it comes to technology. but you have to have a respect for some of these things that can streamline that and make the system more efficient. now, it just upsets me that it takes so long and i look at it and this is a statement more than a question, that when world war ii started, you know, where people had to enlist, go through the physicals and get trained beyond the front line, almost you know, so that we wouldn't lose the war, they did it and getting people in there, same thing with korea and other times where you get people in and you can expedite the proce

aware of during the mayoral process he went out to the community and met that stakeholder in making titus his decision i one way or the other was not part of the process i heard from other community members from the elective aid was involved i didn't see that happening behind closed doors. i'm glad you amended the charter amendment so there is someone to serve in an interim before an election takes place i think this was lawsuit and the charter as clarified if the mayor appoint someone to serve on the board of directors the peanut villaraigosa to rerun and run subsequentially in the following election wherever the term was about to expire 10 east hence i'm here again and if anyone wanted to challenge me they have the opportunity before any election and a second you opportunity this november there's been a lot of comments before the inbuntcy sometimes that comes with a huge liability back in november of 2012 there was an appointee is the possible for incumbent to be put out of office i will august i'll sitting here as an elected official i had to work hard to make sure that i did the best

titus. mr. runon, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mcclain, it's in some of your written testimony. can you give me a couple metrics that the v.a. uses that are the most harmful? >> well, i think the most obvious was the 14-day. when you say harmful, i guess you're talking about harmful to health care delivery? >> yes. >> i would point to most of the metrics that just measure process and check a box, rather than health care outcomes. >> okay. and this really for all of you to touch on. i know it's been touched on. and i just want to confirm it and have it on the record. because i think -- we'll start with mr. collard. i think you've said it a couple times here. some of the stuff, health care record, the v.a. does very well. we've only scratched the surface on what this is. i cha ir the subcommittee on disability claims. so that is the next step. okay. now we're tying in the private sector, the v.a., and another government agency, the dod, that don't communicate very well. are there private sector platforms today that you could buy out

titus, the country must be going crazy. what is the mood like?es, the stadium behind me is full of fans awaiting the next game. you could hear the noise as brazil went through. it was incredible. it was such a dramatic conclusion to a very incredible game, played at such a high pace. at the end, it look like mistakes were creeping in. brazil are very lucky to go through. their goalkeeper, i think he really rescued them. it was a very edgy tournament so far for brazil. a thing as change tonight. i think the manager will have to look at his staffing lineup, starting lineup if he wants to go through the next rounds. >> they had to work hard for it. can they win the world cup now? >> sorry, can brazil when the world cup now? >> yeah. >> that is a huge ask. this is kind of an ordinary brazilian generation. they have a conservative cloture -- they have a conservative coach u.s. stayed loyal to some misfiring strikers like fred and joe, who are about as exciting as their names suggest. he has managed incredible pressure and shrugged it off to shoot the

papers and look at them and say there's no big deal theirs nothing toxic so let the trouble maker have titus has a way. that's one problem the next one the provision in the brown act which requires that i see every record that was provided to the commission before this meeting on this item if i had a guess there was some attorney-client privilege material in it. if i'm wrong then hopefully what's in here is all i've provided but if i'm right you have the same problem a month ago which is the only place you can assert the attorney-client privilege is in a closed session there's a reason for that because the public is entitled to everything that can possible see that you see except what's disclosed in a closed session. i really have a problem that you know, i practice law a long time. and i've dealt with a lot of people but i don't understand con don something that's costing the taxpayers of this city a ton of motorbike long time ago it cost 25 thousand if i win this time you can imagine when i filed my request for the records mr. sincroy can could have said we're going to have our attorney-cl

well, we asked our world cup expert titus chalk in rio whether he thought the local conditions would prove difficult for the players from england and italy. >> yes, i think it will. the game kicks off at 6:00 p.m. local time by which point the temperature will still be in the high 20s. it will be a stifling 88% humidity . i think land's players certainly have been practicing sweating off as much as two killos in their training sessions. that gives you an idea of how grueling it is. the pitch is in a terrible condition which is consistent with the fact that the stadium is only going to be used for four games of football before it turns into a white elephant. no first division to take it over, so it's not really set up to be a classic encounter, unfortunately. >> well, meanwhile, the german squad is preparing, businessly preparing for its opening game against portugal on monday. the team is staying in a special luxury complex on the atlantic coast. some fans have tried to get close to the team, but are not enjoying such sumious surroundings. >> they like the simple life. they have set

policy point to acknowledge the national heritage in a holistic way in order to preserve the had been titus at that time and the original landscape. but this presents a holistic guidance and appreciating all plant and wildlife habitats and original landscapes of san francisco. within the objective policy 4.1, 2, 3 has the approach by the local exist so the policy 4.2 is nature areas and a 4.3 includes all the natural habitats. so we recognize that many of the issues that are coming up over the existing proposed plans for example, the significant resource area management plan that project provides a detailed discussion of natural areas we wanted to make sure the rose focused outside the natural plan from rec and park department and further discuss this throughout the city landscape >> this is the good time to discuss this frail mr. ram touched on this in terms of what the rose as with any element of our general plan ex-what it is and isn't. this - does anything in the rose predetriment any project that may or may not be approved >> not rose provides guiding policies for the whole study so it

. >> thank you very much, titus.n a very different note, pope francis has visited a prison in colombia. southern italy is the homeland of theme mafia. he spoke to many inmates who are in jail for mafia related crimes. a child was murdered in a drug war. the three-year-old was shot dead in january. the pope says no more children should die at the hands of organized crime. thank you very much for joining us on this latest edition of "the journal." more news, do not go away. >> these people have come to this corner looking for work. they hope someone will hire them for the day. he has lived in germany for two years without a fixed address or a regular job and without health insurance. he finds work two or three days a week. he is paid in cash. says that he gets 50 or 60 euros per day. sometimes, he gets a call telling him where to show up for a job. he says he does not know anything about these companies. someone comes and picks the workers up and they work for seven or eight hours. he did not want to give us the name o

titus, let's talk about set here.he says he wants to stay the president of fee for for a fifth term. how is that going down in front of the congress tomorrow? >> i can tell you that in rio, fee for is not -- fisa -- fifa a particularly popular right now. this just goes to show how out of touch he is with those in this country and the rest of the world. but most importantly, i think, what we have seen in the likes of their failing to back him, for the first time it is not just the fans who are sick of him. other administrators have responded to the calling for an investigation into corruption allegations. i think what we are seeing, really, hopefully, perhaps, the people speaking out against him, that there is an impetus for change. the problem is that he does retain the backing of the very powerful african and asian blocks. that will probably be enough to see him reelected. that is really the context for the remarks about the british media and the european media being racist because they are so keen to investigate cor

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titus: thank you and thank you for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the democratic motion to instruct conferees. as a member of thehouse committee on veterans' affairs, i'm working hard to ensure the veterans in las vegas and around the country have access to high-quality health care in a timely fashion. believe the sanders-mccaine conference bill makes -- sanders-mccain conference makes good compromise. this should be passed as soon as possible. both pieces are legislation that i introduced to help veterans and their families. the first is h.r. 3441, the spouses of heroes education act. this legislation amends the post-9/11 g.i. bill to expand the scholarship by making surviving spouses and member of the armed services eligible for the benefit program. this scholarship provides full in-state tuition, fees and monthly stipend and book allowance for children of service members who died in the line of duty and for the first time the change would extend to spouses the same benefits. the second is h.r. 2527, the national guar

attorneys met with concerned workers at hanford including walter thomas situs that meeting however thomas titus was fired and for the people who met with moneys were fired transferred or pushed out in march a senate subcommittee held a hearing into what's going on at hanford where we learned that whistleblowers like bushie and thomas site is aren't just up against the department of energy or their subcontractors. they're up against me too well all of us contractors can litigate at on our dime that's right we taxpayers pay all of the nuclear barons legal costs including fighting whistleblower retaliation suits. meanwhile the problems continue at him for this is the history of the nuclear conundrum they'll be no benefit but only liability for thousands tens of thousands of years unless we develop those snorkels that eat the radiation or is it possible that radioactive waste can lead to mutations that are beneficial for people. i think it's a. you know well. if you had magnetos powers to be and in twisted metal you could use our nuclear plants around the world no nukes of course i guess to get min

titus. mr. runon, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mcclain, it's in some of your written testimony. can you give me a couple metrics that the v.a. uses that are the most harmful? >> well, i think the most obvious was the 14-day. when you say harmful, i guess you're talking about harmful to health care delivery? >> yes. >> i would point to most of the metrics that just measure process and check a box, rather than health care outcomes. >> okay. and this really for all of you to touch on. i know it's been touched on. and i just want to confirm it and have it on the record. because i think -- we'll start with mr. collard. i think you've said it a couple times here. some of the stuff, health care record, the v.a. does very well. we've only scratched the surface on what this is. i cha ir the subcommittee on disability claims. so that is the next step. okay. now we're tying in the private sector, the v.a., and another government agency, the dod, that don't communicate very well. are there private sector platforms today that you could buy out

water can develop everything from stomach flu skin rashes to respiratory infections and happen to titus in fact according to a.p. as many as three point five million people become ill from swimming in water. contaminated with raw sewage every year not to mention the destruction this pollution inflicts on fragile ecosystems now unfortunately these beaches are hardly confined to one area of the country from california to florida many of america's beaches are suffering but the great lakes region and in particular the shorelines of indiana illinois and wisconsin fared the worst when it comes to contamination and it's no wonder why considering that according to the great lakes alliance between two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven nearly nineteen billion gallons of untreated sewage was dumped into lake michigan alone from just seven cities wow but it's not just urban sewage that's creating major problems for the great lakes agricultural runoff is playing a big role too so this type of runoff comes from massive overflows of livestock manure and chemicals sprayed on crops that is ve

titus: thank you, and i thank the ranking member for yielding to me. i rise in support of h.r. 4810. this important legislation will allow our nation's heros to access health care outside the v.a. for the next two years. if even one veteran who has been waiting a long time for an appointment through the v.a. is able to receive care more quickly in the private sector, then we should give him or her that opportunity. but this alone won't solve the problem. more must be done. we have known for a while that the v.a. facilities across the united states do not have enough doctors and nurses on staff to meet the growing demand for care. this is not a problem that's just isolated to the v.a. as i discussed in our hearing last night, allowing veterans to -- veterans to access care in the private sector will help in some areas of the quites but in many cities and rural areas across the country there's also a shortage in care in the private sector. in nevada, for example, we have a long -- we have for a long time had a chronic shortage of doctors both in primary

titus, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. jesse, i have been hearing a lot of news stories and even in this committee where members say, well, the va lied to me. yow, i don't think the va -- most people at the va are intentionally lying but i want to encourage you to have as much open dialogue as possible because with that transparency we can meet our mutual goal of helping veterans. i have a good relationship with isabel duff at the southern nevada va health system and we talk regularly, meet regularly. i would encourage that at all your facilities or areas. second, i would like to join miss brownley in the request for information when you find out where oxnard is. would you also look at laughlin and perump. if you could get that back to me, i'd sure appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> thank you. and then the third question i would like to go back to what the ranking member was talking about, the restructuring or realignment of the system. i know you realigned the headquarters and you said it was an ongoing process to look at t

cost overruns and a $12,000 bonus to the dayton, ohio, va director while an investigation into help titus>> you ought to be outraged. at the manner that these veterans are treated. based on your own background you ought to be outraged. but you're not. it's all status quo to you. >> this is a situation that predates the obama administration in 2007. a veterans affairs subcommittee held a very similar hearing on bonuses and award. today, seven years late, the committee member says there seems to be little if any improvement, quote. >> we know the government sees our e-mails. but no one can find hers? what young persons are calling -- young americans are calling the latest report on lerner a laugher, and dr. oz ripped for pushing a magic weight loss supplement. shame on oz or shame on us? ch a. we're not just number crunchers. i'm your buddy. i'm your team mate. i specialize in what i do and i care about my clients. call us today for a mortgage experience that's engineered to amaze. whatever happened to good? good is choosing not to overshoot the moon, but to land right on it. good is maxwel

titus: thank you, mr. speaker. nevada lost a good man, and i lost a good friend this past week when jim rogers lost his long battle with cancer at the age of 75. those who knew or briefly encountered jim quickly realized that he had no fear. an usiness ackuemen, if i ropic made him a game changer. while it was improving the education or strengthening the integrity of the media, jim never shied away from his convictions or back down from his steadfast commitment to progress and quality. he started the conversation, directed the dialogue and produced results that propeled nevada, sometimes kicking and screaming, towards a brighter future. my thoughts go out to his wife, beverly, his son, his other family members and the people who worked with him and for him at channel 3. they brought the world into our living rooms every evening. we all miss him very much and so will that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania

titus, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. jesse, i have been hearing a lot of news stories and even in this committee where members say, well, the va lied to me. yow, i don't think the va -- most people at the va are intentionally lying but i want to encourage you to have as much open dialogue as possible because with that transparency we can meet our mutual goal of helping veterans. i have a good relationship with isabel duff at the southern nevada va health system and we talk regularly, meet regularly. i would encourage that at all your facilities or areas. second, i would like to join miss brownley in the request for information when you find out where oxnard is. would you also look at laughlin and perump. if you could get that back to me, i'd sure appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> thank you. and then the third question i would like to go back to what the ranking member was talking about, the restructuring or realignment of the system. i know you realigned the headquarters and you said it was an ongoing process to look at t

. >> miss titus, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman.i'd like to go back to a point that miss custer was making at the end of her comments. we're talking about evaluating the capacity of the va to care for veteran patients. i want to look specifically at the va's capacity to serve our fee may veterans. they're often referred to as the hidden veterans or the silent veterans because they're less likely to seek service because it's not very accommodating and the sticks that have just come out in an a.p. story certainly show that. with regard to capacity last year, the va served 390,000 female vets and yet, a quarter of the va hospitals do not have the a fulltime gynecologist on staff. a quarter. with regard to quality, half of the women veterans received medication through the va health care system that could cause birth defects. despite the fact that many are of child bearing age and the majority were not on contraception. this is much higher than would occur in the private practice. with regarded to care coordination, the vaoig said that

titus, you're recognized for five minutes. >> microphone, miss titus. >> in may the va launched the accelerating access to care initiative and this program is highlighted in your press release today. we've all talked about, we know that the goal of this is to help veterans who have been waiting l for a long time get access to care in the private sector. t now, i support these principlesy i think that's a good idea. as you heard kind of referenceds here, the u.s. is facing a significant position shortage nationally, not just in the va, but in the private sector.ortago for example, in nevada, we have a chronic shortage of doctors, both in primary care and among specialists. just the statistics. we are 46th in the nation for general and family ge practitioners. 50th for psychiatrists. 51st for general surgeons. 5 so as a result, it's not only the veterans in las vegas who have these long wait times. everybody is affected. now there seems to be this big emphasis in getting in the private structure to get care and that will solve the problems. i wonder what you are going to do to make sure they recei

. >> chairman, ranking member titus and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify before the subcommittee on the critical issue surrounding the bde, quick start and idez programs i appreciate the opportunity to share our views. i'm a 15 year combat vet in the united states marine corps who served both in operation enduring freedom and iraqi freedom. i am proud to serve veterans every day and i am also a disabled veteran. i work quick start claims. these programs are critical for providing recently discharged veterans benefits as soon as possible and is essential these programs are functioning at the highest capacity. my regional office has a history of brokering claims to other regional offices in an effort to reduce the backlog. in doing so it has created a lack of sufficient cases that are ripe for decision. we have brokered out approximately 20,000 cases in the last three years and now claims processors are struggling to receive adequate amount of work to meet their standards. supervisors have been left scrambling to find

. >> miss titus, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to go back to a point that miss custer was making at the end of her comments. we're talking about evaluating the capacity of the va to care for veteran patients. i want to look specifically at the va's capacity to serve our fee may veterans. they're often referred to as the hidden veterans or the silent veterans because they're less likely to seek service because it's not very accommodating and the sticks that have just come out in an a.p. story certainly show that. with regard to capacity last year, the va served 390,000 female vets and yet, a quarter of the va hospitals do not have the a fulltime gynecologist on staff. a quarter. with regard to quality, half of the women veterans received medication through the va health care system that could cause birth defects. despite the fact that many are of child bearing age and the majority were not on contraception. this is much higher than would occur in the private practice. with regarded to care coordination, the vaoig said that

. >> microphone, miss titus. >> in may the va launched the accelerateing access to care initiative and this program is highlighted in your press release today. we've all talked about, we know that the goal of this is to help veterans who have been waiting for a long time get access to care in the private sector. now, i support these principles. i think that's a good idea. as you heard kind of referenced here, the u.s. is facing a significant shortage nationally, not just in the va but in the private sector. for example, in nevada, we have a chronic shortage of doctors, both in primary care and among specialists. just the statistics. we are 46th in the nation for general and family practitioners. 50 for psychiatrists. first for general surgeons. so as a result, it's not only the veterans if las vegas who have these long wait times. everybody is affected. now there seems to be this big emphasis in getting in the private structure. that will solve the problems i wonder what you are going to do to make sure they receive care like in nevada where the issue of shortage and waiting times is n

. >> miss titus, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to go back to a point that miss custer was making at the end of her comments. we're talking about evaluating the capacity of the va to care for veteran patients. i want to look specifically at the va's capacity to serve our female veterans. they're often referred to as the hidden veterans or the silent veterans because they're less likely to seek service because it's not very accommodating and the statistics that have just come out in "ap" story certainly show that. with regard to capacity, last year the va served 390,000 female vets and yet a quarter of the vv hospitals do not have a full-time gynecologist on staff. a quarter. with regard to quality, half of the women veterans received medication through the va health care system that could cause birth defects. despite the fact that many are of childbearing age and the majority were not on contraception. this is much higher than would occur in the private practice. with regard to care coordination, the va oig says 50% of fem

adelaide stevenensson, the titu head of the party.nba last night. a west and east coast. you basically have the west coast fight between rand paul who may be losing a little bit now that we are in a war situation against ted cruz, that situation. we know where that's headed. the eastern bracket, the centrist, moderate, main stream establishment bracket doesn't have anybody who looks like a winner in it. your thoughts? >> one of the under told stories of the retreat was chris christie trying to make a comeback. he was wooing donors, talking with romney's financial network to find a way back. thinking jeb bush may not run. chris christie think it is the donors are his path to the nomination. romney is coy on the sidelines, chuckling, waiting and watching the scene. if jeb doesn't run and chris christie doesn't run, romney gets encouragement to do so. >> let's talk money and reality here. romney has all the money he'll need to run for president. he has the mormon coalition, the network. he has the assessment banker crowd. he knows the eq

titus for five minutes. >> i just want to echo some of the comments of oregon made by my colleagues and the concern about performance awards going to people who may or may not have earned him but i think it was the chairman pointed out earlier that the director of vsm 21 which oversees part of nevada turned out had put false information on a resume where she'd gone to school or she had gone to school but she goes all the way through the ranks to be the director of that? that's an enormous task overseeing tens of thousands of veterans that stretches all the way from guam to renew. i wonder if you could tell us how you verify people's resumes or when the file applications, how to look to be sure that this wouldn't happen again? this woman also received these bonuses as she moved up the letter but i think she out to get some of them back now but could you address that issue for a? >> congresswoman, when we receive resumes we call references. we do background checks. i have just heard of this result is weeks i've not had opportunity to look into that matter. >> well, when you look into it w

affect your thinking about this and history both in term of the degree to which the state the oop rat titus of state was so deep and evil but also in terms of potential fractures within the movement that hadn't been so obvious or maybe think had at the time >>well, the sovereignty mission has been one of my pet hobbies for recent years. if some of of you have not spent time to get into the files, they are an amazing drove. one of the things about the sovereignty commission, at some point i think it was around 1966 when maybe 65 when the justice department was very involved in bringing voter rights suit. a memo came down from the director of the sovereignty commission to the various investigators on the staff saying destroy the records so we know a lot of records were destroyed, but there was a particular record. this is one of my favorite mississippi stories. there was a particular record that is still there. the record that says destroy the records. so there are a lot -- there's a lot of stuff there we don't know what isn't there. it is a history of a most incredibly repressive society tha