What is it going to take? And what will the costs be safety-wise to veterans while the data is being transferred?

Republican calls for spending cuts and capping discretionary spending at the fiscal year 2022 levels would appear to under-invest in our army military construction.

I believe I have been serving on this subcommittee longer than anyone on the podium, and quite frankly I am frustrated.

But let me just emphasize and lift up the comments that you made with respect to the impact that the proposed cuts, either reverting back to the fiscal year 2022 funding levels or reducing the budget to 22 percent of the current budget, the impact that it would have on the services and the benefits that veterans are getting access to.

So that would be another impact of the budget cuts?

What can you put in place to really facilitate that transition?

Yeah. I get that a lot from widows.

The President in his 2024 budget request asked for over 2.6 billion for army military construction.

He requests as what Ms. Wasserman Schultz indicated, an 80 percent increase for army family housing construction.

Food insecurity is a national security concern as a need to support health outcomes, affect recruiting and retention of our military personnel.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And let me thank you and Ranking Member Thompson for hosting this hearing.