But there is--but there is no money there to do it. It's a--this is a supplemental----

I don't have time this morning to outline for this committee the inadequacy we have, but I will tell any of you go home next week and visit your veterans facilities, talk to the service people who are responsible for reintegration for your…

But we do not see one dime in this budget. In this supplemental cost-of-war emergency funding, we do not see one dime for veterans.

if this is a cost of war, then we should have money in the supplemental, in the emergency supplemental, to take care of these veterans.

I really agree that it is an emergency situation for those families, and they paid the ultimate price for our country.

I do want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your new responsibility as Secretary of State.

Secretary Rice, thank you so much for being here today.

I will be offering an amendment on this supplemental when it comes before this committee for $2 billion to care for our veterans.

And it is part of costs of the war, I think you would agree. The cost of caring for our veterans is----

I’m also pleased to see the additional funding has been added for equipment, including the armored security vehicles.

We are all in agreement that we face a serious public health threat that could cripple our health care system.