Based upon what has happened to the stock for your shareholders, it definitely was a material event that should have come forward.

Let me give you a real-life example. We are talking about people whose credit scores were hurt.

And the Choice Act did provide them with that opportunity to make a choice, actually. Right?

One veteran suicide is one suicide too many, and my heart goes out to the Kaisen family again.

I appreciate their diligence in what we are about as a Committee.

I await with great anticipation the Rand study.

I am very thankful for the Committee meetings that you have called, and this Committee meeting has been very enlightening.

One veteran's suicide is one too many.

So VISN 2 and VISN 3 were integrated together, and it is now known as VISN 2. Is that correct?

I hope that the Health Subcommittee might look into this partnership.

So those that needed more pressing procedures, whose procedures were more pressing, they were able to go to the private providers and get the care.

What was it like before? I am just trying to get a sense of the stability of the leadership, the continuity of the leadership in this area, the management.

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A rush in the VA is an oxymoron, Mr. Giddens. And now since I've been here, I haven't seen them get in a rush for anything.

That puts the convenience over competition and savings.

It's the--in our Veterans Choice Act, when the Committee on care came--the VA seems to always agree, but it's implementation of it that seems to be held up.