I yield myself an additional 15 seconds. He, in fact, is in a situation--a commander there, a two-star--of dealing with the possibility of furloughing for a 20 percent reduction. With the number he has been given, he cannot possibly maintain the same level of care for those men and women--those wounded warriors and those veterans. It will be devastating if we do not find ways to deal with alternatives. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.
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