mr. hanson. easy to talk about your own life here, but in your written testimony you do mention certain things you think the va could do to serve you and your comrades better. you want to go over those besides the one you just mentioned to the chairman? >> yes, sir. i felt that very often it was just kind of -- i was another number in a revolving door. i never felt there was much of an actual care; whereas, when i actually did go to minnesota team challenge i felt there was an actual effort for me to get help, to get better not because of it was their job because it was something they were passionate about. and that was a big part of it for me. and another big part of it for me i was able to go to the va medical center to get help once a week but then i was removed. i didn't have to be the marine, the combat veteran every time i went back to get help. i wasn't around a lot of veterans and i can understand that there's a certain benefit to it but there's also a benefit to not being with all the pe

mr. hanson said some interesting things. he mentioned the holistic approach which gets to the family situation that was earlier mentioned as opposed to a constant drumbeat of emphasis on the military experience. some patients like that sense of being back in a cohort of fellow -- some don't, and again, i guess if there's one thing that is emerging from this is that there is so much individual variation and that's always hard for policymakers to reconcile because they have to come up with a more generic kind of approach. but there's way to build room into the system. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to our panelists this morning. this issue of the veteran being ready or someone coming out of the military be ready concerns me because i think if contact is made, if someone calls a clinic or shows up in an emergency room, or talk to their primary care physician about symptoms, i think that the presumption on part of the va should be he is ready. i don't think we should wait for

. >>> when mrs. hanson decided to buy his wife a new mustang, he didn't realize it would come with four fires instead of five. >> they were very good about explaining why there was a big hole where the tire was supposed to be. >> reporter: ford is one of the growing number of car makers who now have to explain why their new cars come without a spare. >> and for -- weight for fuel economy, and two, i think it helps cut the costs a little bit. >> reporter: kim boone at boy rock chevrolet says most of the cars in his showroom come sans fare. getting rid of the tire can shed off 30 pounds allowing car makers to meet their fuel efficiency standards and improved technology and roadside assistance, and fewer drivers change their own tires these days anyway. >> wow, has it really come other to this? if i can't get a tire in the car, i don't want the car. >> reporter: a reaction that is not necessarily uncommon when car buyers learn their spare tire has been replaced with an air pump. >> a lot of people don't like c

mr. hanson from michigan. i think we're -- or mr. clarke. the chair: mr. clarke from michigan has been yielded time by the gentleman from georgia and he has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. clarke: -- mr. kingston: i actually want to say something, we were talking earlier about some of the overlaps in these federal food assistance programs and to me this is the case where this is a program where there's a lot of overlap with food stamps and we should look at that, realizing that that's the authorizing committee's jurisdiction, not much i can do more than comment on it. but let me yield to you. mr. clarke: thank you very much. and i would ask for a vote on this. the chair: does the gentleman -- mr. kingston: i withdraw my objection and we accept the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. . the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from

hanson. same thing. >> the only thing missing was the six-pack of wine cooler. >> mr. wiener, why don't you have a seat there. why don't you talk to me for a little while. >> i was going to give them a lesson they shouldn't be a twitter the transcript says you were here for sex. >> i am actually working with you. >> i was just doing this because i knew other people were preying on this girl. i wanted to keep her safe. >> pete townsend's defense was this happened to me and i am doing a book on it. >> i want to talk about the thing i am most upset about in the whole wiener gate thing. can we put up the picture of wiener? so he sent this out with the caption "me and the pussies" which is bad enough. but he spelled it p-u-s-s-y-s. come on. you are a congressman. you can't spell? >> do you have a problem with the fact he spelled it wrong it is the long in his eyes. you know what is coming next. do you know what i am showing next? right now i have sweats on. do you know what sweats look like? >> he is one of those guys you can see like really old getting around outside. >> d

hanson taken care by the government. i was there. i walked the walk. i know people who lost their dealerships and took another to exit, too. it should have never happened. >> mr. bloom, i am just told enough -- old enough, i was a supplier to the car business. but you remember cadillac in new york? the largest dealer in america. the largest limousine provider? he tried to get a replacement of the president. you know how they fix to that? they paid him twice what his dealership was worth and handed it to roger penske just to get him out of the business. but did not have you to do their dirty work so they paid him a lot of money to get rid of a thorn in their side who they felt was agitating against the president. do you think in some way and that general motors had a reason to make selections that had something to do other than with the absolute monetary interest when they used you in order to cut the number of dealers? >> i am not familiar with the story you have to relate. i cannot -- >> it is famous enough i say and knowing that roger penske is a wonderful guy. general motors hated some of their dealers, love the others. they cut all kinds of deals. they di