our representative from this committee, michael blecker, who was here, thank you so much for your leadership. [applause] a speech so eloquent as to what we're doing in the community- based way. that is why, yes, i would want to come over and see that particular initiative. because when we do these things here, sometimes it requires a change in at the law to facilitate the effective implementation of a community- based idea. sometimes we have to change the law. sometimes we have to increase the funding. sometimes we have to raise the visibility. end -- and the presidio would not have happened without that. your ideas, community-based, developed by veterans themselves and those who care about them, not only are effective here to serve as a model for the rest of the country. one thing that has told this is they wanted their own budget in wanted it early. the want to get involved in all the budget debates that had uncertainty as to how the veterans would be funded. we said if we win, we will have a veterans of budget, and it will be advanced funding. any arguments you see budget, none of that ap