I agree. That's the second point that I was making, in terms of medical practice.

I care deeply about our special obligation to provide our military servicemembers, their families, retirees, and our veterans with the finest healthcare treatment available.

A lot of people at that time, I think, interpreted this legislation as politically motivated.

Okay. We will come back to you on this to try to get what your view of accurate data is.

I want to keep pushing to create a reimbursement system that we're honoring that spouse's service.

When I had your position, it was one out of five was over the age of 40.

We also need to focus on properly compensating people who incur lifetime difficulties, as a result of their military service.

Business as usual hasn't been done, in many ways, on both sides of the aisle.

It's very healthy for the military. It's very healthy for the country.

The one thing that I've learned, that I wasn't aware of before and does concern me, is, as these men and women deploy overseas, the one thing we can't capture--and they don't complain about it, but--is the opportunity lost.

Just let me, as the Chair, make a couple of comments.

Apparently, the Republicans are objecting to all hearings after 11:00 this morning, except for one.