Is cost a part of your decision matrix?

I view my job as a supporting commander. So my job as supporting is to make sure that you have fuel distribution, that we are ready.

So the Secretary of the Navy had some interesting comments the other day. He said his number one priority was climate change.

But my understanding is you were going to exempt the contract from CMS. Is that right?

I think we are looking at it, too.

My point is it is a national security issue.

Because I think we all want a win, and we want to make sure our veterans are taken care of.

I hear you loud and clear, and I think that that is critically important.

But, as I go around, what I am hearing is, is it your policy at the VA that a servicemember who is not fully vaccinated, can he go to surgery?

Let's switch to something that really matters, the frontline, the Pacific.

And what I am also hearing is, in Montana and in a lot of rural States, life flight.

I represent Lackland Air Force Base. Mr. Cuellar represents Randolph Air Force Base, but we work very closely because, in San Antonio, the lines don't really--they are blurred.