Review of the FY 2021 Budget and FY 2022 Advance Appropriations Request and Oversight of CARES Act Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs

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Agenda

Witness List:

The Honorable Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Dr. Richard Stone, Executive in Charge of the Veterans Health Administration
Dr. Paul Lawrence, Under Secretary for Benefits
Mr. Jon Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer

   

  

*For this hearing, the Veterans’ Affairs Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Senate Rules Committee to protect the health of Members, witnesses, staff, and the public. This includes maintaining six-foot social distance spacing in the hearing room.

 

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Member Statements

Testimony

  • Robert L. Wilkie

    Secretary of Veterans Affairs
    Department of Veterans Affairs
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