i spent a number of years living in florida, in hernando county and there were ten villages for homeless and integrated in were veterans. they were not well taken care of by the health care system that we had in st. pete's and tampa. we didn't do as good a job as we should. we're doing much better. you are the echo chambers to make sure that here in washington to feel the unique needs of the homeless veterans and their 15 years ago that was never part of the dialogue. and it is. that is real pros rest so now it isless families. if you're going to you can help address what may be a dysfunctional family, just by helping the disabled veteran. another point that i would like to make, some people say the v.a. is broken. it's not broken. it is changing. like any large department or health care system, we have problems. let me ask you this. how many private health care systems are as open and transparent when a problem occurs than the department of veterans affairs? you tell me one, united health? they're good. is humana? they're not going to push out. they may become known. our obligation is t

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