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

It seems to me to start with your testimony, as I mentioned, the problem that you had with the VA wasn't with the programs or the adequacy, it was the time, and I'm delighted my office could help, but it shouldn't take that step to get…

I mean that can't work for very long.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I urge this committee to focus on the impact that Medicare and Medicaid payment policy is having on veterans' access to post-acute care services.

For the record, I totally agree with that statement.

It's not exactly a morale booster.

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

Will that access information include information about VA availabilities?

Prevention, prevention, prevention.

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

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.