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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysapjp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:33 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Murkowski, Blunt, Daines, Durbin, Mikulski, and Schatz. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL NADJA WEST, SURGEON GEN- ERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order. Today we are reviewing the fiscal year 2017 budget re- quest for the Defense Health Program with a distinguished panel of witnesses. Lieutenant General Nadja West, Surgeon General of the Army. Vice Admiral Forrest Faison, Surgeon General of the Navy. Lieutenant General Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force. Mr. Christopher Miller, Program Executive Officer of the Defense Health Care Management Systems. Our military has made great strides in many areas ranging from disease research and treatment to expedited treatment and medical evacuations off the battlefield, all to provide better training and education techniques for advanced learning. We're particularly proud of the work performed in our State at Keesler Air Force Base. The 81st Medical Group flies out of there. In July 2015 the Department was awarded a $4.3 billion contract for its new electronic health records system. As procurement and deployment of the new records system continues in fiscal year 2017, we sincerely hope that the Department of Defense will not lose sight of the goal of being fully interoperable with the Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs. While budget constraints remain in place, healthcare costs con- tinue to grow. The budget request proposes a consolidation of (1)