And is there anything new coming forward in terms of addressing suicide, but particularly for female veteran suicide, which we know is--it is 20 times higher than the rate of suicide attempts on--excuse me--the suicide rate amongst women…

Well, it is the first I heard it today, so I will certainly check in with our housing authorities to see if they understand that.

But I want to make sure that in a county like Ventura County that they can utilize their vouchers, because the need is there, before they would give up those vouchers to another area.

In 2014, former Secretary McDonald also committed to this pledge to end homelessness among veterans.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Dr. Lynch, for stating on the record that there will be no VASH funding transferred to general purpose funds.

I commend the hard work of our 'boots on the ground' organizations and the commitment of agency officials during this full time, some of whom are testifying today.

I fear, based on the actions of this administration thus far, that in the coming years, we will continue to lose ground in our fight against veteran homelessness.

I want to make sure that we have pulled back from that, but my understanding is that 5 percent, that would roughly mean about $264 million taken away from supportive services to veterans.

I think clearing that up will be very, very helpful.

I want to know whether that is true or not.

I am just, I am wondering if is there a timeline by which you are following to get to, you know, certain dates.

I am very, very interested in breaking down barriers, so that telemedicine certainly can be utilized for our veteran community.