Here is why this matters, Dr. Clancy, and everybody here. Is that we have a situation where there is an inherent conflict of interest...

I have in front of me the May report of the Inspector General at HHS.

If we are looking for research on veterans who have problems, and we have mountains of data on what their ailments are, it would make sense to me that we use that information.

I want to see the data. I want to see what grants were issued, who did the research, how much money for the research, how much money for the overhead, who these investigators are, and what their record is of awarding that administrative…

What I would like to see is every grant that was awarded by the VA, by the NIH, by the DoD...

If you have 150--oh, I am just choosing a number. I think it is probably pretty close... that would be a concern of mine.

Today, Mr. Chairman, there is about $600 million in the VA budget that is specifically earmarked for medical research that is conducted either at the VA medical facilities around the country.

But 30 years ago, you folks were created by Congress specifically to solve this problem, correct?

We are all responsible for taking care of our veterans.

Every dollar counts.

Is there anybody looking over the investigator's shoulders to say, 'You know, every time you apply for a grant...'