TAP is the Transition Assistance Program?

If we don't have the people to staff them, it ain't gonna work.

We want to keep that permanent.

Will that access information include information about VA availabilities?

We want to keep that permanent.

So that's compounded by additional regulations that increase cost but don't provide any additional funds; is that correct?

TAP is the Transition Assistance Program?

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.

Could you define expansion? Are we talking 20, 30 percent, 40 percent? I mean----

One of the concerns--and I've heard this when I've met with their agencies, particularly in rural Maine, is an epidemic of loneliness.

So the problem wasn't the service, it was the time to get the service; is that correct?

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

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

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

shame on us if we're not ready for it because it's totally predictable.

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

Fifteen percent is the gap?

What can we do to expand and support home health services which I think everybody, including veterans, would prefer and really ramp that up.