Steve Pearce: “we spent a lot of money on the puffer machines that are at the airports. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars…”

I suspect that's the reason that we've never moved any further towards letting veterans see local providers, because of that internal belief that the system doesn't need to change and will never need to change.

If it goes bad, you the taxpayer are paying for their mortgage and yours.

I really appreciate you having this hearing, because this is at the essence of protecting the communities in the West.

I think both parties have gamed this issue for years.