I think you can appreciate in this budget environment that for us to have what we think is a good idea that would actually be better treatment, better results for the child, the family, and everything else, and possibly be able to save…

Thank you for your commitment to that for the future, and we can work together with all the relevant committees.

I would like to welcome everyone to the second of our fiscal year 2017 budget hearings for the various agencies under the jurisdiction of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee.

Well, thank you. Thank you both. Boy, you were right on the dollar there.

I think that is going to be a large figure as well.

How is that going? Are you getting as many customers as you thought? Are you collecting fees?

I mean, that is another frustration, I think---- not just for the taxpayer but certainly for those of us policymakers to feel like you are just loading and duplicating on not really creating the efficiencies.

I am pleased so far, and I think it will be achieved. The goal is to be self-supporting through the fees.

You are talking about salary-wise.

I think that is the frustration that we feel sometimes on this side of the dais, that we feel like we are going in a direction that could actually result in saving the taxpayers dollars if we are looking equally at both sides.

What about in the area of subsidies in health insurance for underreporting of income? Have you done a study on that?

Thank you for your great representation and for your great communication with all of us.

We have Amazon that can scale.

What is the objection of having a single system, as she mentioned?

On the prescribing issue, I have been working on an amendment to have the protocol set up for acute pain.

Veterans using the Choice card could go to a physician that is not in the health information exchange and therefore, their records are not interoperable with you?

As the population ages, it hits every family. It is very difficult.

Are you satisfied with the standards of measurement?

I am a bit confused because Secretary Council said that on April 8, you were certified interoperable.

What are you doing with--in terms of encouraging veterans to transition to agriculture?

I know we have the Inauguration coming up, which puts an additional strain on both of your budgets.

That would obviously be a challenge.

as we are all sadly aware, the United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose deaths. The statistics are just startling. Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137 percent, including a 200-percent…

Have you made an effort in that over the last year?

I really appreciate the fact that you have gone back through your budget and tried to make some reductions and offsets.