I am concerned that the 2018 defense budget previewed by the White House... is not sufficient to fully resource the bold agenda to rebuild our military.

I appreciate what you're saying, Mr. Cox, from the standpoint as a caregiver, you want an environment that can work...

I got here 4 years ago, and this was before the situation at Phoenix broke...

Obviously, our goal was to provide care for those in need for our veterans, and one of the things that I have seen that assures our veteran patients as much as anything else is having a primary care doctor they call their own.

If you have gone and credentialed through the VA itself.

I would like to hear from, really, all of you. Because my feeling, in the ideal situation for the VA or for any--for any health care system whatsoever, that everyone has a primary care doctor.

Well, the question I have, though, is, if someone calls for an appointment and they are being told, you know what, you can be seen in 3 weeks, you know, here at the VA.

So, and let me go to you for a second, Dr. Rogove, when you are talking about the licensure across States and things like that.

get help from Congress or get Congress to get out of the way and let those things happen.

I appreciate that.

Ultimately, our goal is to get care to our patients.