Congress intended that wounded servicemembers have the broadest possible options for brain injury care and rehabilitation.

Make sure I get this right. You get wounded, you get back home, your Active Duty pay continues until you're medically discharged. Is that right?

One thing I'd like to just bring to the committee's attention, and to the public and our panel members, is that Colonel Gadson's a good example of how this war is different.

Admiral Timberlake, you have until September 2009 to develop and implement a fully interoperable health care capability for DOD and VA. Are you going to make it?

I believe that enforcement is very important to addressing this problem. But I also believe that prevention works, and I also believe that treatment works.

The only reason I mention that, you know, when you go back and look at a law, there is a reason that laws exist, and history sometimes will say that was a dumb reason.

This has been a very informative hearing, I think.

Thank you very much.

how will we know if laws and policies have made a positive difference for wounded servicemembers and their families, or not?

I encourage the Services to devise road maps to enable our wounded warriors with additional skill sets.

how many more mental health providers have DOD and VA hired since 2001?

One last question. If we change the law or we change the sentencing to be more balanced and, quite frankly, fair given powder cocaine, do you worry that we send the wrong message?

Are the resources available to meet the demand for care sufficient?

I want to thank our colleague, Congressman Posey, for being here to present what I know are great needs.

we are going to really try and take care of the Members of this Committee.

What I think we need to do is come up with sort of a modern Homestead Act in which we give people tax incentives...

The last Highway Bill was $286 billion. That is a lot of money. But when you think about that that was to cover a six year period spread over 50 States, then you see that it really wasn't enough to meet all the needs that we have.

I was interested to hear your testimony because I do know of the explosive growth in and around Las Vegas.