I want to make sure a VA doctor knows exactly where that person was so that they can see them and treat them based upon what their exposure might be.

This Committee has struggled to try to make seamless the handoff of active duty troops to our Veterans Administration.

I think in an effort to try to provide a fresh start, my hope is that we can identify that we have done some things wrong in the past and that now it is time to make the commitment to get the information we need to know how to go forward.

If I happen to visit any VA facility in the country, how familiar would that person who sees that veteran coming in--that doc in that facility--be about Camp Lejeune potential contamination if in fact they found somebody that met that…

That would suggest that there is a human risk to those burn pits.

I take for granted somewhere there exists a memorandum stating that information to them?

We do not do anything proactive from a standpoint of the VA to reach out to those individuals?

Therefore, I would like you to send me a copy of it when you do.

I would only point this out that--I think this is at the root of part of the misunderstanding, was it or wasn't it?

Earlier this year, in the Defense Authorization Bill, I offered an amendment to study the issue of burn pits.

The 140,000-plus name registry has been provided to the VA?

I think even though you are in a very specialized area, I would think that you would be consulted on a decision like that.