Can I get you to put in a good word for that, also?

That is quality of life, and it relates to a lot of the other issues--suicide and mental health for child dependents of our military.

Somehow we must break that logjam.

We could not do what we are doing today without the contribution of our Guard and reserves.

I am concerned that the Department of the Army has somewhat ignored and underfunded some of the major infrastructure needs.

I am not concerned with an immediate problem of improving support to our troops in Afghanistan.

I should be finding that through the V.A. When I go access the V.A., they should be testing me, saying, 'Did you have any explosions?'

I think that is a problem. And we are not creating a problem where the V.A. is actually reaching out and getting veterans and bringing them into the system.

We need it to keep growing and keep building, because we have one opportunity to get in front of these veterans and give them an opportunity to transition into, you know, a good future.

And for the last 7 years, we have been fighting a war, but this country hasn't been prepared to deal with those people coming home.

And I just want to say thank you for that commitment, because that commitment is making all the difference.

The Impact Aid program was added to ameliorate that but has been always underfunded.

None of which provides adequate funds to deal with a problem of this magnitude.

I am very frustrated. And the communities that are being upsized are very frustrated.

It seems as if the Department of Defense has a moral responsibility to these communities, to help them accommodate the needs of our warfighters and their families when it comes to school construction.

What can we do? It seems as if the responsibility here is almost a matter of finger-pointing from one agency to another.

Let me thank all of you for your service. Particularly let me thank Secretary Eastin, who I understand will be ending his service very shortly.

But it seems to me that this is a much bigger problem than the Department of Defense is recognizing.