department of veterans affairs is moving too slowly in addressing shortcomings and policies and procedures to address sexual harassment. during today's hearing, i will ask why va will take months and years to increment what seems to me, straightforward recommendations. the department laid out basic and critical changes involving managers charge for sexual harassment 2024. this is an issue is a problem, at least two years ago. the panel needs to know why it will take four years to implement. the has not agreed to adhere about must be in charge of sexual harassment policies within the department leadership structure attentional conflicts of interest with guarding how va oversees sexual-harassment process and this must be fixed. there are other examples. the va doesn't require reporting of all sexual harassment complaints resulting in underreporting and less effective oversight be a hopes to correct this by the end of 2021. this is a problem the department has known about for quite some time i joined with eight my colleagues including the chairs and ranking members of the house and senate vet

the fiscal year 2021 military construction and veterans affairs bill will invest $115.5 billion to support active duty veterans and their families and , including $90 billion for forcal care, $10.3 billion life saving mental programs and million dollars for medical and prosthetic research, $661 million for women veterans dedicated care, $1.9 billion for homelessness assistance programs, and $1.35 billion to improve military family housing. the bill also includes important provisions to make fertility ,enefits for veterans permanent restricts funding for construction projects located on installations named after confederate officers, and prohibits the misappropriation of funds to the president's wasteful border wall. the vital needs of our service members should no base ou -- should not be sacrificed for political gains. and i do hope, madam chair, although having spent billions on the process of coordinating medical care between veterans and our military, i do hope that in this next session you will be able to complete the job. it's an issue that has been long and it ism so inappropriate a

i just want to close by thanking the veterans affairs commission. i think this is a resource for our city when it comes to our veterans and their services, and i think there should be greater partnerships with a veterans services officer, a cvso, and making sure that tisy is brought to us in the last number of weeks and months. thank you, supervisor stefani, for your leadership and continuing to push on this. and i think because of your work, as well as the veterans affairs commission, we're seeing some progress in the appointment of or nomination of a veterans services officer. we have a petition of miles tucker from the veterans affairs commission speaking on behalf of the commission to explain the issues that our veterans are facing, and he will also complain why the position of the cvso is so critical, and their position on sort of how this process has gone and what their prospective is on the nomination and what it entails, and i'm sure perhaps supervisor stefani has comments, as well. again, i just want to thank you for bringing this to our att

budget was about 45000000000 now appeared nice long drawn out wars later the veteran affairs budget since that is asking for $243000000000.00 this fiscal upcoming fiscal year 202021 that's a massive jump how does the v.a. justify the budget increase in the wake of mounting calls from bad turns and their families of abuse neglect and other issues we've seen take place at the v.a. . so i think you bring up an important point by noting that we've been engaged in 2 long drawn out conflicts since 2001 and i don't want to take away from that because that is important we did see an influx of new veterans as a result of those conflicts so of course we would expect to see some increase in funding to care for their needs however with that being said and as i concluded in the article i think we've seen over and over again particularly in d.c. that money alone doesn't solve problems and unfortunately lawmakers continue to revert to this tactic and quite frankly it's lazy on their part it's easier for them to say oh more funding and allocate more funding it is a lot harder for them to con

department of veterans affairs the v.a. is funding levels have nearly doubled in the past decade with not much to show for it a recent article in the hill called should we defund the v.a. to explore the topic here to tell us more about her article is veterans' advocate and political consultant rory reilly topping welcome henri thank you for having me . lori you wrote a very strong piece and a nice correlation with the deep on the police movement what are some of the inefficiencies you've noticed in the v.a. that aren't being solved by the additional funding. so one of the big things centers around mental health care and suicide prevention not spent a very important topic over the past few years unfortunately we have a lot of service members who when they transition to that are in status go through a lot of. it's the cult and unfortunately this funding for smell health specifically has seen some of the highest increases that we haven't seen a decrease in the amount of veterans who are committing suicide so i use that as a ve

-- department of veterans' affairs. as an organization made up of women, disabled veterans, va members rely on the va healthcare system to meet their unique service related healthcare and rehabilitative needs. while data shows that veterans are satisfied with their care, certain groups of veterans including women and lgbtq veterans report they continue to experience gender or sexual harassment seeking va medical care. these persistent reports of harassment were last year found 25% of women veterans surveyed reported inappropriate and/or unwanted comments or behavior by male veterans while seeking va healthcare. this is compared to a national survey finding where only 5% of nonveteran women respond ents reported sexual harassment in a private sector healthcare setting. this disparity cannot be ignored and begs the question, why are reports of harassment so much higher in va? what is the impact on those being harassed, and what can be done to address this issue? according to the va study, women veterans who reported haras

i just want to close by thanking the veterans affairs commission. i think this is a resource for our city when it comes to our veterans and their services, and i think there should be greater partnerships with a veterans services officer, a cvso, and making sure that tisy is brought to us in the last number of weeks and months. thank you, supervisor stefani, for your leadership and continuing to push on this. and i think because of your work, as well as the veterans affairs commission, we're seeing some progress in the appointment of or nomination of a veterans services officer. we have a petition of miles tucker from the veterans affairs commission speaking on behalf of the commission to explain the issues that our veterans are facing, and he will also complain why the position of the cvso is so critical, and their position on sort of how this process has gone and what their prospective is on the nomination and what it entails, and i'm sure perhaps supervisor stefani has comments, as well. again, i just want to thank you for bringing this to our att

it we returned to the military construction and veterans affairs bill. i want to think chairwoman schultz and ranking member carter for the work they have done this year. they come together to just many critical issues that affect military installations. our nation's veterans reaching across the aisle to find many projects that's important to our members. this bill funds the priorities requested by the department of events and helps improve family housing for the military. the bill also in terms of nation's veterans, they are given the care they deserve and they make stars that they have the dignified resting place. that infertility is a centering the subcommittee markup, i am very concerned with the $12.5 billion in emergency spending outside of the budget established last august. now is not the time to window a bipartisan agreement. as is less than a year old without talking to the members across the i/o. we all agreed that the healthcare is a top priority however designating funding is an emergency, is wrong at a record debt and deficits. it frees up f

i just want to close by thanking the veterans affairs commission. i think this is a resource for our city when it comes to our veterans and their services, and i think there should be greater partnerships with a veterans services officer, a cvso, and making sure that tisy is brought to us in the last number of weeks and months. thank you, supervisor stefani, for your leadership and continuing to push on this. and i think because of your work, as well as the veterans affairs commission, we're seeing some progress in the appointment of or nomination of a veterans services officer. we have a petition of miles tucker from the veterans affairs commission speaking on behalf of the commission to explain the issues that our veterans are facing, and he will also complain why the position of the cvso is so critical, and their position on sort of how this process has gone and what their prospective is on the nomination and what it entails, and i'm sure perhaps supervisor stefani has comments, as well. again, i just want to thank you for bringing this to our att

includes the state department, agriculture, interior, and environment, and military construction and veteran affairs spending. that is on c-span. at 9:30 a.m., the senate continues work on the defense programs bill. at 10:15 am on c-span3, a house education committee holds a hearing on ways to safely reopen schools. the house ways and means committee considers the impact of covid-19 on trade, manufacturing, and the national supply chain. president trump spoke about efforts to combat violent crime in u.s. cities. the president announced federal law enforcement would be sent to cities including chicago and albuquerque, new mexico. at the event, attorney general william barr, acting homeland security secretary chad wolf, christopher wray, and families of crime victims. pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. great honor to be with you today. being here is a real, really important moment, as far as i am concerned. my first duty as president is to protect the american people, and today, i am taking action to fulfill that sacred obligation. in recent weeks, there has been a radical movement to defund

the interview project was underwritten by south korea's ministry of patriots and veterans affairs.ed b as in boy, a-l-d-w-i-n. in the army i was known by my buddies as baldy. [laughter] but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didn't know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. but we when we got that cleared

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total of 240 billion is provided for the programs over the death of veteran affairs and 104 billion. this now represents an increase more than the f.f.y. enacted level. we have achieved consensus that the and cannot remain. for that reason the $12.5 billion is designated to adequately fund. this will prevent us falling off that cliff. the bill includes $90 billion, funding the budget request and patients $7.2 million for and funding includes gender specific care for whom lessness and opioid and 8 million for whole health initiative and 300 million and 10.3 million including 313 million for suicide. other areas of interest includes of the implementtation and pros thet particular reserve. and ensuring access for areas including telehealth and treatment of conditions. inally the bill provides 8 increst to maintain service levels and invest. the american battlemon youments and claims and arlington national cemetery. no one will be surprised this presidentor allow the projects. ing from military construction dollars should be used for the purpose they are provided and service members and

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in this grant, the department of veterans affairs requires that the program target underserved veterans. they're considered those that are other than honorably discharged, lgbtq, women, students. san francisco county veteran service will collaborate with swords to employee shares to provide formal and informal outreach to veterans. outreach will focus on low-income and homeless veterans with mental health disabilities who reside in san francisco. compared nationally, san francisco has the eighth highest number of homeless veterans and third highest rate of unsheltered veterans. during the in-kind count of homeless individuals, we discovered there were 608 homeless veterans and 81% of them are unsheltered. this provides outreach to the vet center and other locations where underserved veterans seek support. they'll pilot legal clinics at the college of san francisco to reach out to the transitioning student veterans and the san francisco veterans county office will reach out to veterans sheltering in place. it's anticipated that this grant will have a dramatic impact by ensuring that more

we will watch as much as we can as we wait for the sub committee and veterans affairs bill. >> good morning. good evening, depending on where you are. thank you for joining us. senior fellow and vice president of the global economy and development program, and brookings. the global economy is in perfect. the pandemic continues disrupting billions of lives, jeopardizing billions. the june edition of the world bank global economic prospects which relates this conversation, 5% global contraction on global gdp in 2020. it is the deepest global recession since world war ii, and the biggest collapse in income since 1870. it's informed by an assessment fundamental drivers of a long time growth, which will slow capital formation. the dislocation of trade among others. beyond the headline economic growth number, the pandemic is having a disproportionate effect and lower income countries, the large. dominated by are the sector with limited ability to adjust for covid related measures like confinement. the most vulnerable population in the economy is more exposed. the pandemic is likely to leave a leg

friday, the house returns at 9:00 a.m.. ,o fund the state department military construction, and veterans affairsa house hearing with fema administrator peter gaynor. at 11:30, washington post live talks to dr. anthony fauci about the pandemic. and 2:45, jill biden will discuss -- participate in a discussion. week, we look back to our conversation with john lewis from 2012. black people and white people could not be seated together. they could not use the same waiting room. we were testing a decision of the united states supreme court, trying to make it real. >> join us sunday. as we look back to our conversation with representative john lewis. live coverage of two key hearings next week. amazon's jeff bezos. cook appear before the subcommittee as they examine dominance of online power. and william barr appears before the judiciary committee general oversight of the justice department. monday on coverage c-span two. watch any time c-span.org. >> carlos jimenez is the mayor of miami-dade county. he spoke to the washington

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secretary, when you were secretary of veteran affairs, did you work with dr.n various issues? >> i worked very closely with all of my nih colleagues and dr. fauci was always there being able to provide help when it came to issues related to veterans and so that working relationship between va and the department of health and human services and nih was very important for us. >> it certainly was. doctor, let's talk about schools. betsy devoes spoke early today and she sidesteps questions about whether schools should follow cdc guidelines. she's under pressure from the president who wants all schools to open immediately, otherwise he's threatening to cut off aid to various school districts. what's your reaction to this? >> wolf, i'm a physician and a researcher and i look to the evidence. and i was rather shocked and disturbed today when i heard what the secretary said that we heard little about the evidence. here's what we know, in countries like denmark and norway, where they had limited community spread and opened schools with small class sizes for only young

returns at to finish work on a bill professions package, military erations, construction and veterans affairs. a house 2 at 9:00 hearing with fema administrator gaynor on national preparedness and covid-19. 11:30, we talk dr. anthony fauci about the pandemic, and at bottom, jill biden will participate in a discussion with johnson and mark vise. key ve coverage of two hearings next week, on monday, jeff bezos, facebook's berg -- and two others appear on antitrust, administrative law as they exam dominance of online platforms and market power. at coverage begins monday noon eastern on c-span 2, and on eastern t 10:00 a.m. u.s. attorney general william barr appears before the house committee's general oversight of the justice department hearing. coverage monday on c-span 2 and tuesday on c-span 3. any time on c-span.org or listen to the go with the

on monday, the house appropriations subcommittee on military construction, veterans affairs discussed a spending bill for military construction projects and veterans programs. tomorrow, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that sets spending levels for military construction, along with the budgets for the state department and agriculture. >> this meeting on the subcommittee is called to order. this evening, we are considering the fiscal year 2021. friend,ned by my dear judge carter, the ranking member who

additional $1.6 billion over fiscal year 2020 because a portion of the military instruction and veterans affairs bill has been declared an emergency simply to make room for more spending in this and other bills. the budget agreement last summer was built on an understanding there would not be controversial policy riders. this bill violates the spirit of that agreement. language is included that prevents the department of transportation from reallocating funds from the failed california high-speed rail project as well as language that would strip regulatory authorities from the department of housing and urban development. finally, this bill includes $75 billion, billion in new emergency spending, including components of the infrastructure bill that was pushed through the house last week without republican involvement. i didn't support that bill because it was a departure from years of bipartisan work on transportation and infrastructure priorities, and i cannot support this additional spending until there's a serious discussion with members on our side of the aisle. the best way to advance housin

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in this grant, the department of veterans affairs requires that the program target underserved veterans. they're considered those that are other than honorably discharged, lgbtq, women, students. san francisco county veteran service will collaborate with swords to employee shares to provide formal and informal outreach to veterans. outreach will focus on low-income and homeless veterans with mental health disabilities who reside in san francisco. compared nationally, san francisco has the eighth highest number of homeless veterans and third highest rate of unsheltered veterans. during the in-kind count of homeless individuals, we discovered there were 608 homeless veterans and 81% of them are unsheltered. this provides outreach to the vet center and other locations where underserved veterans seek support. they'll pilot legal clinics at the college of san francisco to reach out to the transitioning student veterans and the san francisco veterans county office will reach out to veterans sheltering in place. it's anticipated that this grant will have a dramatic impact by ensuring that more

the interview project was underwritten by south korea's ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. john: john jeffries. i was born in salt lake city, utah on august 7, 1929. was raised by a mother who was single mother. had five children. we had the bare essentials, barely. [laughter] i got a chance to work on my mother's brother's farms and sister's farms as i was growing up. i had a great childhood. that was educated right there in salt lake. went to the elementary, high school, and the university of utah. graduated as a teacher. that was my desire, was to be a coach and a teacher. my mother sent me to the bakery for bread but did not provide me with any money. i would try to get the men that were working in the bakery to give me a loaf of bread. i did that often and i tried to get a little work there. to get -- yoution are connection -- to get some bread for your family. >> -- john: my father was an alcoholic and was not available. she was raising five of us on her own. because she could not afford the liquor, she divorced so she could take care of us kids. the depression was --

the project was underwritten by south korea's ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. harold bill christiansen. i worked for the american legion over 50 years here. before that, i worked for the rare was -- railroad 10 years, and i was in the military for two years active, and two years with the guard. i came back, went back to the 1958, i guess it into the legion in 1962 and i worked there until i was 65. i am 85 now. i always like the legion. i have worked with them many years. i take care of their honor guard. all of the military funerals we have. the --.ke care of that's about it. >> how many siblings do you have? harold: i have four children. i have a son and in town. we have two daughters in rochester. and we have a son-in-law. we have a daughter in ohio. she is a registered nurse -- what is it? two-year college, anyway. it has been a while. they are all married. one of them is not married right now. they have been married and have families. we have quite a few grandchildren. nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. we have a big family. >> how old were

i've heard countless stories of this exploitation as chairman of the house committee on veterans' affairs, and make no mistake, i will be taking decisive action to close this loophole for g.i. bill benefit recipients. but first, closing this loophole for the d.o.d. tuition assistance program is an important step to rid these federal programs of this perverse incentive. the d.o.d. tuition assistance program, which pays up to $4,a00 per year, has allowed service members to pursue higher education at a reduced rate. military education programs are extremely popular and have played an important role in educating millions of service members. in fiscal year 2020, over $255,000 service members received nearly half a billion dollars in tuition assistance funding. however, because of the 90-10 loophole, many of our service members have been aggressively targeted by for-profit schools looking to make up the difference in their funding. this loophole has incentivized predatory institutions to continuously deploy deceptive recruiting and marketing tactics to collect as much g.i. bill and tuition assi

federal trade commission for engaging in shady business practices the federal funds came from veterans affairs as part of a $5000000000.00 deal to procure protective masks to curb the spread of covert 19 now the government says cardiff had information about the f.t.c. and his 14000000 dollars that his company medical got from the v.a. and that the company had only been incorporated 4 days before winning the contract even though cardiff has a record of fraud his company is not on the list of banned federal contractors again loopholes make it incredibly easy for these shady contractors to get rich while defrauding the public just see it's as if these systems are set so that kind of behavior can happen yes it is i mean if you go back to the vision of iraq caliber here's a company that dick cheney the vice president used to head they got the no bid contract for the invasion of iraq they made millions and millions of dollars off of shady him self that is stock options made about 34000000 bucks taking notes to war that's quite profitable isn't it go to war and increase your salary by 34000000 but an