Gary Peters

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, you should have access to quality, first-class health care.

I am particularly concerned, as they are, with homeless veterans who may be out there, who have the ability and certainly the right to access benefits, but may not be aware of it.

Could you give me an update, please, on where we stand on that and how you look to proceed?

I appreciate that. But it is a very important task that you undertake, particularly from a public policy standpoint.

Well, I would appreciate that, and if you could inform our office about that, I would appreciate that.

I have many constituents, as you can imagine, given the large size of our community in Michigan, that are very passionate about this.

I sent a letter to you earlier this year with a couple of my colleagues talking about that issue and the fact that that classification is not part of the Census.

Well, that is good to hear. I appreciate that.

It is really going to be a leader in revolutionizing the mobility of people and freight.

So, Congress, we need to act on this, and I think this has got to be at the top of our priorities.

It is an inventor's tax.

Actually, as I listen to this conversation of streamlining paperwork, I was involved in this issue in the House on a bill with Mr. Latta...

I would contend that we should not do anything here in Congress, or at the FCC for that matter, that would derail this incredible comment.

Thank you for your service, your public service, and your commitment to these issues that are complicated and, as we are seeing, can be contentious from time-to-time.

Now, going to the, which I think is the other fascinating part of this hearing, are the 6.5 million people at 112 years old.

Because they never were receiving a check--

We have to get to the bottom of this.

But it was clear you were not OK, as every time you turned around, it was not.

But the problem is that even if that is done, then the information is not Proactively communicated to the commercial vendors, banks, others that may want this information.

This is not an unusual situation that I have run against given the fact that we had a marine veteran in Michigan just recently that was highlighted in the media for his trials and tribulations related to the fact that he was improperly…

This is not the first time I have heard of this case.

I want to take this last question to talk about another one of your core missions, which is aeronautics.

If you could elaborate for us, please, on how failing to fully fund the $1.2 billion request for commercial crew program affects the Space Station program, and more specifically our continued dependence on the Russians.

The cuts that we saw in Earth Sciences were disastrous in the Bush era.

It's wonderful to serve with you on this committee, and I look forward to working with you in the years ahead.