Julia Brownley: “we need a long-term, sustainable finance surface transportation bill here in Congress.”

I do think that it is important that we acknowledge the progress that we have made.

It is just I feel as though we have given--this committee has given the VA a lot of tools and sometimes those tools are underutilized to get to the goals that we are trying to get to.

I would just say that, yes, I want to be competitive with China's military and their readiness first and foremost. Second, our DOD officials are talking about the future. They are not talking about today. They are talking about…

I will just say to the VA and to the management of the VA that we all know that this is a crisis situation.