Richard Shelby actually said...

We want to help these people, because if we don't help them, as he's pointed out, they will be--a lot of them will be in trouble.

If we can get them back in the workforce, it will help them readjust to civilian life.

It is imperative we do not sacrifice this source for effective policy making and analysis.

We want these programs to work. And we have to measure them. And if they don't work, we figure out something that will work.