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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Watch Live: VFW, Shinseki to Testify on VA Budget

*Update: To view the archived webcast of the hearing, click here. To read Stars & Stripes coverage of VFW's testimony, click here. 

This morning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will appear before the House Veterans Affairs Committee to discuss the fiscal year 2013 VA budget. The VFW and our partners in the Independent Budget will also appear before the committee to present the veterans’ community’s views on how Congress should fund the department in the coming year.

The hearing will commence at 10:30 a.m. in the committee’s chambers, room 334 of the Cannon House Office Building. To view a live webcast of the hearing, click here.

The Independent Budget is a roadmap drafted by some of the nation’s leading veterans’ advocates, which Congress has used for more than a quarter century to help determine how to best fund VA. The Independent Budget partner organizations include AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and the VFW. The document also has the support of more than 50 other veterans’ organizations which have endorsed the Independent Budget recommendations. To learn more about the Independent Budget and to read this year’s specific budget proposal, click here.

National Legislative Director Ray Kelley will testify on behalf of the VFW, focusing on the VA’s construction and capital investment budget; an area in which the Independent Budget partners noticed considerable discrepancies between their analysis and VA’s budget proposal announced earlier this week.

Over the last two years, the VA budget has significantly scaled back capital investment projects in an effort to control spending during difficult fiscal times. In his remarks, Kelley plans to focus on why VA needs to properly invest in infrastructure to meet the ever-changing needs of a veterans’ population in flux.

To view a full list of panelists for this morning’s hearing, click here. Prepared remarks should also be available later today. Check back this afternoon for updates.

(Image: Cover of the FY2013 Independent Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs.)

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  1. Juan FernandoJuly 20, 2012 at 10:01 AM

    I got an Internal Revenue Service correspondence tagged CP-11, however I didn't know precisely what I was required to do with that and the reason why the Internal Revenue Service is capable of make changes in my income tax that are going to leave me having a back tax debt due. I imagined they were just simply hoping to get money out of me and even was prepared to challenge it, until eventually I found the calculation the Internal Revenue Service solved. Research your return frequently, and perhaps employ a qualified professional to look it over before you decide to attempt to challenge the IRS.
    http://www.tax-defense-network-cpnotices.com/cp-notice/47-2/

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