I appreciated the fact that you followed through on your commitment from this last budget hearing, that you were going to come to Alaska.
I think you recognize that we don't have much of a contingency plan there in Alaska. This is it.
I have proposed the creation of an Off-Road Veterans Outreach Program, some support funding to get out, and then get tho...
That scares people.
There is one facility there with limited numbers of beds, and you just don't, literally, need the roof falling in.
I am not trying to cut anybody's corner here, but we are trying to run this in a more sustainable, defensible way.
We are not going to leave them.
Oftentimes, we are looking at an air medivac that is costing $60,000 to $80,000, you know.