Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do think it's important to acknowledge that We did sign up just in the first year of the PACT act alone, a million veterans. So that increase in personnel is also to deal with the increase in veterans coming to VA for care, long overdue for their acts because of their exposure to toxic substances. (00:04–00:10)
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