I appreciate that. My concern is suppose that a military member transitions out today, goes to a doctor tomorrow...
Do we need to turn off the flood of drugs? Yes. But the problem is we have got a reverse incentive system here.
We have got to restore the American family unit in America.
Reunification has got to be such a goal in this foster system.
This system is broken, and it is flawed, and psychology has made great strides.
Your testimony notes a total of 6.9 million that the VA has budgeted for the center from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year...
Seems to me that because we have had such a human breakdown in the family unit, that we have more of these children that...
If you don't have a strong nuclear family, you don't have a strong faith-based folks.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for having this meeting.
I appreciate your willingness to provide the committee with a year by year breakdown of how the money has been spent.
I think that is what our committee should do.
But in that same concept, so in my property, I go out and dig and plant some desert trees, and I use the appropriate fer...
I know that sounds absurd, but I can model you through the language and show you how that reads in there.
I think it's incumbent on this committee to continue our oversight responsibilities until this gets fixed.
I appreciate you're making it a priority to fix it and come up with solutions.
I really think listening to our veterans is key to resolving this issue.
The VSOs would like to be very involved in this process.
I want this fixed in Arizona so that we can get the veterans the care that they want and they need in a timely way.
