It is about making sure that we get the most pertinent information to all the people that can affect the best long-term quality-of-life for the individuals that may or may not have been affected.

Isn't that essential to the performance of your job, the delivery of health care to individuals?

What actions would you like to see Congress, the Department of Defense, and/or Veterans Affairs do with regard to the exposures you are faced with and others have been faced with at Camp Lejeune?

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

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

I hope to solve 50 percent of the Fourth Circuit vacancies with a North Carolina solution.

I want to compliment particularly your two Senators, one a Democrat, one a Republican, working together to bring us the very best for our consideration.

Senator Burr, just for one second. I see that Senator Sessions has arrived.

It is a model for other states to follow and I compliment both Senator Burr and Senator Hagan.

I have been contacted by a urologist in North Carolina who is now refusing to see any new VA patients.

What has been suggested is a model of collaboration versus a VA attempt to take all of the health care professionals in mental health and bring them under the VA's ownership.