I think, you said it best in your very first words when you said, we have got a problem, but there is tremendous opportunity in the solution to that problem.
Have you really had a chance to sit down and evaluate how these programs are working in rural/frontier America?
I appreciate that.
At the end of the day, we have to make sure we have done everything possible to help our veterans find jobs.
You had talked about--and we can talk about outside Indian country in a minute.
I have got concerns about rural and frontier areas where veterans live.
I am going to cosponsor the bill that we are discussing today, S. 1547, Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homeless Act of 2009.
I cannot applaud those kind of efforts enough.
There are over 131,000 homeless veterans on any given night.
We need to do more to help homeless veterans to obtain permanent housing and address their health concerns.
When veterans don't get the benefits they deserve, that is distressing enough. When we have veterans that are homeless, that is totally unac...