Thank you, Madam Chairman.
Your continued oversight is essential in getting Secretary Shinseki and Undersecretary Petzel to embrace this challenge.
Ultimately, in the end, I think that if we work together with the VA and amongst ourselves we can do a lot of good work.
If the response is to get more mental health professionals in the field... then we are moving in the right direction.
I think the VA has made some strides but not enough.
This is another one of those issues that is going to require a bipartisan effort to move forward.
If we can get treatment earlier, we can help save a ton of money and improve quality-of-life for a ton of folks.
They need care. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
I know the Chairman is very proud of and I am very proud of, and this Committee should be very proud of that work.
If Senator Burr is correct, if the response to the folks that come back with unseen injuries is to develop focus groups ...
I want to get this panel started. I appreciate everybody's patience.