So it's not an issue, tribal and non-tribal? Together, it's fine.

Thank you for your extraordinary leadership on this committee and the committee as a whole and for continuing to keep the issue of access to quality and timely services provided to our rural veterans and our Native American veterans at the…

How was money going to solve those issues?

So what were the needs here?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Bockelman, I wanted to ask, so how much funding did your VISN receive from the Access to Care Initiative?

we want change and we want the VA to be veteran-centric, service-focused.

At the end of the day, we want to provide high quality, timely healthcare to our veterans in every single corner of our country.

this bill is a beginning step. But we know the most important work for us to do at this particular point in time now is to make sure that we provide--the committee provides the oversight.

there's got to be a major, major sort of cultural shift that has to take place.

I honestly am a firm, firm believer that in order for us to really improve the VA and change culture, we really need to be in a mindset of continuous improvement, always--always trying to improve.

I just want to recognize my colleague, the gentleman from Colorado. He has worked hard on this committee. I want to make clear that what we are talking about today is the bill that passed the Senate 93-3. So we are not talking about an…

Might I inquire if the gentleman from Colorado will have any additional speakers?