I thank both gentlemen for their testimony.

Thank you Chairwoman Jackson Lee, Ranking Member Dent and the other Members of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection for the opportunity to submit testimony for today's hearing.

It raises an issue of security to the crisis level of great concern.

The subcommittee will come to order, and I thank you for your indulgence.

It would be useful in our dealings with Iran to have a missile defense that is aimed only at Iran.

The political campaign in Iran by all press accounts is about as much of a political brawl as you see.

But it also could save real dollars.

I thought I would acknowledge the Ranking Member for both his diligence and his support for the product in his district.

I remind each Member that he or she will have 5 minutes to question the panel.

The VA has done a remarkable job on this and is a model for the private sector as well.

I want to ask about health care.

I would ask you could seek the answers and give us some update on where you stand on that.

We have typically been opposed to those, and I wonder if you could give us some anticipation whether we are going to see any kind of recommendation for a fee increase under TRICARE.

linking those two systems can ease some of the issues for any of our military and help provide better services.

I think we have enough time to yield again. So let me indicate the Chair will now recognize other Members for questions they may wish to ask the witnesses.

So I really think I am going to go directly to you.

Early education was a big part.

You can say that big banks create a monopoly, and it may be that they are intrinsically part of the capitalistic system.