They're also going to be facing closure; aren't they?

I think Brunswick or Portland is halfway between Madawaska and New York City. People don't realize how tall Maine is.

Always a bad place to be.

Prevention, prevention, prevention.

However, there is a problem with some of the processes. I mean they're labor intense.

I want to publicly thank the chair and co-chair of the committee, Jon Tester of Montana and Jerry Moran of Kansas.

I'm so grateful for your office, Senator King.

If you can't--if you can't get enough people, you're not going to be able to meet the staffing ratios which could mean a loss of capacity rather than a gain for the veterans.

Always a bad place to be.

If retention is the goal, one of the ironies is that as you have gaps and you have longer hours and--that is a vicious downward spiral because people burn out.

I believe that we have leaders there that want to help us, they care.

The truth is, the work just begins when the bill passes.

I've told my staff I want to be the falls senator; without falling.

My concern about that--and we'll talk to others about it--this is a rule that the--CMS is the federal agency, it's the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

It's not exactly a morale booster.

Well, it seems to me that's an area that we should be talking about in Washington.

For the record, I totally agree with that statement.

So it's a vicious circle. The workload goes up, the staff burns out and leaves, and then you've got another gap.