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I just last wanted to address The Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act, the nurses and the Physician Assistants (PAs).

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

The problem area that I see is one has to seek that information out.

We envisioned it to not only as a raise for those who are already maxed out, but as an opportunity for VA to reassess nurse and physician assistants pay across the board.

I guess my question to you is, and this lies some of my frustration, is that the net net increase in hiring--and I presume it is not--but you let me--tell me one way or the other, is it net net?

Thank you, Madam Chair.