Well, I think that's--that's something that you're going to have to be thinking about because it ties back to the workforce problem.

I think that's something we have to figure out how to waive or something.

Everything we talked about still comes back to workforce, doesn't it? Home-based care, respite care. It's all having the people.

I'm sorry nobody said we're not gonna return these phone calls, it just didn't happen.

That's a scary thought, isn't it?

We've really got to work on that because it would be awful to have somebody who's ready, wants a mission, wants to do it but they can't wait for nine months or a year.

And my problem with the regulation is it's the best being the enemy of the good because if the result is closed nursing homes and fewer beds, we haven't gained anything.

Every day that you delay a nursing-home placement, the veteran is happier and the taxpayers are happier.

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

I mean that can't work for very long.

I like the idea. In other words, additional federal funds not generally but targeted toward workforce retention?

TAP is the Transition Assistance Program?

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

Take note of what she just said. Twenty-five percent of the residents in Aroostook County today are over 65. That's extraordinary.

Will that access information include information about VA availabilities?

It would help if we had a budget, not a continuing resolution.

So on a dollar to a nursing home, the State of Maine puts up roughly 40 percent, the feds 60?

By the way, that's a problem across the board. We had an Armed Services Committee hearing this week about the inability of many small businesses to interact with the Pentagon.