and republican party in illinois. just gone through the wringer because he he had just lost they they are in debt and they're meeting in the basement of the state capitol, which now is the old state capital which you can visit as a as a tourist and in the basement was the state library. so they use the state library on a snowy thursday and to get down there and they're they're talking about the state of the party and and they're really in a lot of trouble because there been a lot of major defections in the republican ranks nationally including horace greeley of the new york tribune who seem to be supporting douglas in 1858 over lincoln. which is an irony because the republican party formed in opposition of stephen a douglas, and now he was starting to get some support from some republicans and they were talking about people who they could possibly support in 1860 and as lincoln's friends are bringing up. maybe there's a dozen people in this room and as they're bringing up names of prominent westerners as they would ca

unfortunately, that was not the case in illinois. as we look at the next go around in 2020, there are a couple of issues we are going to be up against. i don't know that we are going to get these lines drawn quick enough because of the delays due to covid-19 which shows another monkeywrench into what's actually going to come out. -- throws another monkeywrench into what's actually going to come out. my colleagues believe the maps right now with 33 still operating under a state legislature to draw these lines probably favor republicans again. i think we will find the democrats have done a pretty significant amount of legwork to try to make sure those gains don't happen, but with a very narrow margin in the house of representatives today, every vote is going to count. some folks believe redistricting alone should be enough for republicans to take control, all things being equal. we do need to look at partisan gerrymandering because it is partisan. ultimately, when we look at redistricting, it really depends on if you have an independen

there was a division in the legislature in illinois. and democrats republicans came together on a draw. that neutral draw was a republican gerrymander because so many democrats lived in illinois. in the most egregious pro- democratic it to make gerrymander anybody new. and then to do all these horrible things to the public. what that egregious call that it is neutral prorepublican. with a gerrymandered a republicans that according to the metrics to say it's okay. and those democrats who enacted that now surprised to hear that. so this entire push which is actually what is going on with the partisan gerrymandering rhetoric is a trojan horse. they can gerrymander is much as they want and then they say just makes it for the fact the democrats are in illinois but if it was republican that is egregious. one supports the democratic party it is understandable. so much media attention. sometimes the republican party challenges sometimes the other supports the challenges. so the reason that doesn't happen anymore is the series of gerrymandering

, -- systems illinois.here, to get an appointment, you have to pay, and so on. in 2009, he was impeached and convicted, and the general assembly process, and removed from office. then he was out. later that year, he was indicted by the feds, again, mainly on charges of trying to pursue this pay to play scheme. but, specifically, in the big item in there was one that caught everybody's attention, was that he saw to profit, from the sale of barack obama's senate seat. the u.s. senator from illinois got elected to the presidency amount left the seat vacant. the governor appoints the person to fill that seat. and rob mccoy this was overheard -- rod blagovich was overheard, getting 20 pay to replace for that tendency. >> i do not know if it was direct, but maybe like you could get my wife a job or i could get a job running association. >> it was clear and that is what got him in hot water. then he went to trial, in 2010, and there was a mistrial. but then there was a retrial, and he was found guilty, again, basi

the fall of 2011, as autumn leaves begin to warm the landscape of the picturesque town of dixon, illinois, a cold reality is taking hold >> the city was drowning in debt there were streets that went unpaved. there were sidewalks that went unfixed because the city, as they believed, had no money to take care of those sorts of things >> dixon mayor jim burke hears the message of distress year after year, comptroller rita crumb well >> she would present the figures for the annual budget workshop and it showed it was going to be nip and tuck. >> but this fall she's taking vacation time for her quarter horse exhibition >> she's hoping to add to her collection back in dixon, however, the woman filling in for crumb well goes through the city's financials and uncovers a mysterious bank account under crumb well's control in september alone she finds more than 750,000 siphoned into that strange account from the city's coiffeurs she alerts the mayor. >> our city clerk brought a bank statement to me and she said, i cannot connect this with anything i started to get sick to my stomach because i realiz

can you tell me what the population of missouri is and illinois is?what i'm going to suggest for you if you don't mind. we have public affairs specialist on our comes line if you connect them 301-763-3030 we'll get you the numbers right away to file your story. okay, can you still hear me here? >> we can. >> is that information not searchable on your data portals right now? >> well, ma'am, we're actually conducting a live conference or news conference and q & a and some of our attendees don't have the data base at their fingertips, just to expedite getting you that response i wanted you to reach out to our public information office if that's quite all right by you. >> okay, yes, i will do that, thank you so much. >> thank you so much for thank you for your continued interest in the 2020 census. operator, can we have our next caller? >> dayne clark with pbs public broadcasting, your line is open. >> can you hear me? >> we can, loud and clear. >> all right. great. so just looking at new york specifically and given your answer to the last reporter i'm no

when i look at the states below, illinois is not among them. they were not close to getting to not losing a seat, if that makes sense. >> do we have our next caller? >> chicago sun-times, your line is open. >> i want to follow-up with my colleagues from missouri and the illinois playbook. could you make it clearer -- i was there really a loss in illinois or is it that other states just had such a big gains that even if we held steady, we might have lost a seat? was it really our loss, or was it because other seats gained more than we lost a seat? >> we cannot speculate. it is about the distribution overall. what you are stating could be true, but without digging into it more deeply, we would not know the reason why one state loses or gains. the calculation is done as a whole on all the states together and how they are proportionately related. theoretically, if certain states gained a lot more than other states, proportionally, they would be more likely to gain seat. -- seats. >> thank you. do we have our next caller? >> roxanne with wabe news.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. making d.c. a city state is unconstitutional, it's impractical, and supplies in the face of the founder's intent. james madison said it simheff in the federalist papers. unfortunately our colleagues across the aisle are trying to make this about race. i thought it was inevitable and sad and unfortunate. let's look at data. in 1800 this was -- this city was a white majority. 10,600, 4,000 african-american residents. then 150 years later in 1950, 517,000 white residents to 280 thousand african-american residents. so for 150 years this was a white majority city and there was no serious effort to make it a state. mr. fallon: there is a way we can solve this issue. no taxation without representation. it's flawed because there is loc

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote nay on the miller-meeks amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the miller-meeks amendment. as the member designated by mr. moulton, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. moulton will vote no on the miller-meeks amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote no on the amendment -- will vote no on the miller-meeks amendment. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 181. the nays are 241. the amendment is not -- the speaker pro tempore: on thi

he recalled a drunk who strayed into an illinois church and fell asleep in the front row. he slumbered on as the revival is asked, who are on the lord side? and the congregation responded by rising. when the preacher than inquired, who are on the side of the devil? the sleeper stirred. but not fully grasping the inquiry and seeing the minister on his feet, he stood up. i don't exactly understand the question, he said. but i'll stand by you until last, but it seems to me that we're in a whole place minority. the power of lincoln's humor to enforce his argument was he irresistible. it confirmed the president as the representative american. women's rights activist and abolitionist carrying healy doll rebuked those fine ladies who were repelled by the presidents only manners and jokes. as a nation, we are an intelligent but not cultivated people. mr. lincoln fairly represents the average, and he has never written a letter that the humblest of his constituents cannot understand. a soft hold stories and his homely wisdom has kept his name alive. our divine master, the classic lo

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote aye on h.r. 172. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina eke recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. norman of the state of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote no on h.r. 172. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on h.r. 172. and as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.r. 172. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crenshaw of the great state of

the occasion was an evening banquet in wintry illinois. the month was february and the year 1856. the setting was a convention ofe republican newspaper editors at decatur. abraham lincoln was there. and he spoke.put he apologized for being an inter loper as he put if and cast himself as a subject of t a sto about a man and i quote with ro features theth ladies could not call handsome. riding through the woods he met a lady on horseback, he waited n for her to pass, but instead, she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, wow, for land's sake, you are the homeliest man i ever saw. yes, ma'am, but i can't help it, he replied. no, i suppose not said the ladyn but youce the might stay at hom. once the editors had stopped --s laughing, lincoln said he felt that with propriety, he might t home.tayed atat well, the story is, i chose it, because it's particularly apt. i was scheduled to speak here last year at the symposium, but when it came to it, i stayed ata home. and now, i may possibly be the ugliest man you've ever seen, trough i certainly hope not. but that wasn't why i stayed a

the occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. the month was february. the year was 1856. the setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. he apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. he waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. yes, madam, but i can't help it. no, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] once the editor stopped life and -- stopped life in, he said with propriety, he might have stayed at home. i chose it because it is particularly apt. i was scheduled to speak your last year, but when it came to it i stayed at home. now i may possibly be the ugliest man you have ever seen, though i certainly hope not, but that wasn't why i stayed away. i simply wasn't well enough to travel. i am especially grateful to john and

i couldn't even give birth in illinois where i wanted because if i was in illinois -- you couldn't take a newborn baby on an airplane so even for the beginning i knew we would have to work through a lot of issues including the senate rules. there's no way for me to get on the floor to vote with my baby unless they change the rules and there was a long process of negotiation with my chief of staff going back and forth first with, you know, orrin hatch who was the rules committee chair man and then roy blunt when he took over. >> what did that experience show and tell you about how far washington and the hill has to go to be feminist in terms of its ability to represent the concerns as you point out others raise children, tomac. a. >> exactly. one thing i learned is you can find allies in unexpected places. once the senators knew that i was having these conversations and negotiating, they were very traditional. orrin hatch was at the forefront of that as the rules committee chair man and we ask questions like where is the dress code going to be. and as a mom like are you seriously asking

on the illinois side of the st. louis metropolitan area and i do my teaching and research in american politics and public policy and more specifically in american political institutions. and i've done a fair bit of my research in congress and a regularly teach course on congress here at siu edwardsville. now one of the topics that i talk about in that course is party leaders in the influence that they have over policy. and today what i'm going to do is i'm going to talk about some famous speakers in the house and the ways in which they've been fluenced american politics and policy even today as well as the operation of the house. and so with that let's go ahead and begin. and so as i mentioned we're going to talk today about historical house speakers in the modern us house. so in other words what we're going to do is we're going to walk through. how it is house speakers over time. have influenced the political process and as part of that. we'll talk about why study house speakers. we're also going to talk about seve

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said there were 800,000 veterans in illinois. i knew there were at least one.2 million because that is how many individual veterans applied for license plates for the secretary of state. the v.a. is undercounting 400,000 veterans in illinois. so when they go to build a new hospital they say illinois is only 800,000 it doesn't need the additional hospital we will build. that means illinois doesn't get the hospital. and those other 4000 that are not being counted do need help to help is not they are it has gone somewhere else. i spent a lot of time telling veterans even if you don't plan to use it go sign up so they know you are there. the best way to take care of your buddy is not to enroll in the v.a. but to enroll so they know you are there and you are counted. i run into this all the time. they are in the mode of taking care of their buddies or sacrificing for the team instead of watching out for themselves and it hurts the team when they don't get the care they need. host: you eloquently say in the book it's just a matter of t

book i spend a fair amount of time talking about ohio and other places in the midwest especially illinois and indiana, these places were along with michigan and wisconsin part of the northwest territory. and ohio was the first state to come into the union after that big chunk of territory. when ohio came into the union in 1803, the state legislator began passing laws that were discriminatory against african-americans, so before that, congress had outlawed slavery throughout the territory. it was a place where it was already practiced by the french and british in the 17th and 18th century so when congress began to organize the territory they outlawed slavery but that didn't mean, and this is important, that didn't mean the state legislators couldn't pass laws that discriminated against black people. so ohio led the way starting in 1804 and then 1807 passing these laws that were designed to discourage black migration north over the ohio river from neighboring states like virginia and kentucky. and they required african-american residents to register with county officials basically to show f

host: joey, new hampshire illinois -- hampshire, illinois, republican.

should illinois draw another hispanic district with the increase in hispanic voters in illinois and [indiscernible] out of 18 districts right now? >> i think that illinois should follow the law and recognize that data in section two clarifies how one should integrate that data. i need to look at it. the data will not be here, it is the latest data. it is not set to arrive until september. >> here in illinois, our elected officials are going to be using estimated american community survey data to draw congressional maps and state legislative maps and i would look to sit down with you and your organization to look ahead and i hope that if this increase in latin american population and voting population in the state of illinois is not part of the congressional redistricting process, i hope your organization will look at filing lawsuits in the future. i am out of time, i yield back and i thank you for being here. you are on mute, mr. chairman. are you giving me the gavel? >> i'm back online now. thank you so much for your questions. at this time, the chair will recognize let's see who's n

at least in my state in illinois, this is enforced pretty actively. so, for example, the state can see your earnings. they can see your employment history. and so the state does check if people are actually earning enough to qualify for the childcare subsidy. and, similarly, if you're a full-time student, you have to show -- you have to prove that you're a full-time student. and if you're searching for work, that's time-limited. so they'll give you, in many instances, a couple weeks to search for work. so, there is monitoring in the system. >> to andrew out of massachusetts. good morning, you're next. you're on with professor powers. >> good morning. first thing i'd like to point out is the last caller saying the word fraud. that's a large part of i think -- i'm 42. in the past 20 years i've watched workers like daycare, people do housecleaning, other small services. they're able to charge what they want. they're able to evade the irs. they can get paid cash. they're essentially doing jobs that family members used to do for their own households. maybe

at, hillman versus city of chicago, northern district of illinois. oregon versus rodriguez, 301 oregon appellate, 404, shackman versus democratic organization of cook county. it's pretty clear from those cases and created their not minnesota, that the invocation of the fifth amendment right is on a question by question basis and a legitimacy of that invocation is to be determined by the court which makes sense. otherwise some of you who just didn't want to testify could say i'm asserting my fifth amendment right. >> i agree with that concept, your honor. we cited the case with the talked about for dear process and essentially this hearing is a substitute for the process because we know from his counsel that he is going to invoke the fifth amendment about the dirt areas she discussed and are just is no legitimate way. it isn't really any question that all of the matters that counsel identified and mr. nelson identified are tied intimately to his interactions with mr. floyd that day and in the previous weeks, and it ties empirics we're not facing a que

is the illinois did minutes. of the rheumatism. it was. her move but i think it was very significant to our division she is one of the most compassionate rheumatologists i know she connected us to pharmaceutical company and we got funding for a face for trial we recently received another funding through doctors twice from pfizer looking at other potential drugs i think she had a significant impact in my career i can tell you that. prior to doctors twice walking into my room i had hit rock bottom there were no known medical treatments remaining for me to try there appeared to be little hope but i trusted god's plan and remember approximately 20 years ago i was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder and i almost died many times after probably about 5 years of going through multiple treatments and everything failing just nothing was working i found myself giving up hope courtly after that i found myself in the hospital again i was in excruciating pain and next thing you know in walks instructor and that doctor was doctor so i and she brought tr

joseph cannon from here in illinois. he served in the house from 1893 to 1891, then finally from 1915 to 1923. he served as speaker of the house and chair of the rules committee from 1900 to 1911. his accomplishments include using reed's rules and tactics but building on them. one of the things he did was he manipulated committee assignments. only those who supported the speaker were allowed to be on important committees. if a member of congress did not support the speaker, and if they got a committee assignment, it was not going to be on an important committee. this presupposes another thing about committees in congress. there are some committees in congress that are definitely more important than others. he also slowly determine who got to be on committees. in addition, to use the power to recognize other representatives on the floor to his advantage. in part, this was his undoing. what he would do, is use these powers to recognize conservative republicans, like himself, but not progressive republicans or democrats. th

the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: madam speaker, i have no more speakers at this time. prepared to close. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i would like to recognize the gentleman from north carolina, representative cawthorn, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. caw thon: -- mr. caw thon: -- mr. cawthorn: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cawthorn: madam speaker, american veterans are facing an unemployment crisis that threatens their livelihoods. while this current government focuses on giving jobs to illegal immigrants, approximately half a million veterans are out of work as of march, 2021. americans often talk about about the love of our troops. as politicians we often take victory lapse through our victories, meeting vet

this is lincoln's law partner from from springfield, illinois for 17 years. he devoted to lincoln the year the day of the assassination one of the bleakest days in his life. he decided to go on and dedicate the rest of his days to the to research into his his great friend's life. and he launched what's been called the first great oral history project in in our history. he went out he decided to find and speak with and interview anybody and everybody he could find who had known his friend going back to childhood. so he launched this multi-year process. it's fascinating and and the great publication in recent years on this you may know of by friends of mine is called herdan's informants, which now makes his interview materials very accessible both in book form and online. and they're make fascinating reading and i won't go into huge detail over some of these except. let me give you one example. william herdon heard that lincoln's stepmother was still alive and she was living up in a little town in illinois called goose nest prairie. she was living in a tiny lit

speaker, i rise today to todd of decatur, illinois, who lost his life on march 25. todd fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a state trooper. always went above and beyond the call of duty. in 2018, todd was awarded the honor for heroic actions he took to rescue a man out of a burning car, ultimately saving that man's life. for so many, todd was more than a state trooper. he was a husband, father, son, brother, and beloved friend. those that knew todd will remember him for his kindness and compassion. todd cared deeply about his community, always wting to help others in need. a tragic accident took todd's life and my prayers are with his friends and family, both at home and with the state police. particularly his wife shelly and so ben and nick. he was a hero in every sense of theord and will truly be missed. i yielback. thspeaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for such time as he shall consume. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, speaker costa. in march, the house passed legislation to award a

kennedy: you surprised illinois up there? make a lot of people are running. if you talk to a lot of texans live love clients in texas their concern, candy, people leaving from illinois, leaving from california will turn texas blue. we are seeing in that sense then moving to read states that the fear, more democrats move into the red states ultimately turn the states blue. that's the competition we sing, along political parties ideology right now. kennedy: by next year everything's going to be purple like my hair jonathan hoenig thank you so much. tsubaki well. kennedy: you to thank you. coming up a colossal covid contradiction. high school canceling prom because of the pandemic. but wait till you hear about there bye-bye bash for a retiring superintendent. the party panel parties with that comment ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. kennedy: welcome back. one arizona school district is getting kicked to the curb. i the administration. chandler school district facing back lots of the school board announced plans to have a huge retirement party for their

joining us now is illinois congressman rodney davis who is a ranking member of the house administration committee. had the honor and privilege of serving with the congressman back when i was in congress. thanks for joining us tonight. this is a hard night. i want to remind people that you are -- you were actually on the ball field, you were actually up to bat when scalise was injured and now we have this incident once again where the capitol police, one of them was killed. >> you know, jason, it's great to see you. i just wish it wasn't on such a tragic day. you're right. i have seen the bravery of our capitol police officers. david bailey, crystal griner, they went toward gunfire so the rest of it could run away. the heroes that protect the capitol, you knew when you were there, you still know them, they are the bravest of the brave and to see them, to see them hit

to raise political donation, but stacey abrams group is blasting back, we have that fight and to illinois democrat governor chicago mayor lori lightfoot got booed out of the chicago white sox games or convoys their anger to the democrat officials who broke their own lockdown rules, also tonight dividing the administration in a baffling move does not increase funding for homeland security in the middle of the historic border crisis as even house democrats say nancy pelosi another top democrat officials stop being a wallet the border go to the border instead of claiming there is no border crisis and chided claim it is trump's faultik that is a 180 democrats don't like, thank you for joining us i'm elizabeth macdonald in "the evening edit" start rightrt now. ♪. let's welcome back to the short acting attorney matthew whitaker, it's great to havek yu back on the daily mail bombshell shocking details the hunter left out of his tell our memoir top forensic experts say yes they did authenticate it is his laptop they include a former fbi veteran agent and has hundreds of thousands of text and e-ma

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. garcia: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote aye on h.r. 1490. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts rise? ms. clark: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. keating, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. keating will vote yes on h.r. 1490. as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on h.r. 1490. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. soto: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. wasserman schultz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wasserman schultz will vote yes on h.r. 1490. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan rise? ms. stevens: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. slotkin, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. slotkin will vote yes on h.r. 1

from new mexico, the ranking member rodney davis from illinois, congress woman scanlon from pennsylvania, and joining us will be a visiting member who is no stranger to this committee , just a moment i will ask unanimous consent that she be allowed to participate in today's hearing. i should be recorded likewise for the corm. >> good afternoon everyone. good morning if you the west coast. as we begin today, i want to know that we are holding this hearing and compliance with regulations for remote committee proceedings, pursuant to house resolution h. generally we ask many members and witnesses to keep their microphones muted when not speaking to limit background noise. members will need to unmute themselves when recognized for their five-minute presentations. witnesses will also need to unmute themselves to be

race like this to make their point but the house is still probing another race, republican lost illinois democrat lauren underwood last year, the margin, 5000 votes. he appealed to the house, a move opposed by kevin mccarthy. >> congresswoman underwood won that race. was counted and she has been seated and i don't support the challenge. >> it is still the house could switch members in either race. after all, it is about the math, 2 thirds vote is required to expel a member. kevin: finally tonight, remarkable video of tennessee police officers rescuing a family and their dog from floodwaters, tennessee experiencing 9 inches of rainfall causing widespread flooding and four fatalities, body can video, certainly those officers are the midnight hero's.

is undercounting 400,000 veterans in illinois which means when the v.a. goes to build a new hospital, they look at all the states and go, well, illinois only has 800,000 veterans, it doesn't need that additional one or two hospitals we're going to build. and that means illinois doesn't get those hospitals, and those other 400,000 veterans that are not being -- the help isn't there. it's gone somewhere else. so i spent a lot of time telling veterans go sign up so that the v.a. knows you're there. the best way you can take care of buddies is not to not enroll in v.a., the best way is to enroll so that they know and you get counted. but i run into this all the time with veterans. they're still in that mode of taking care of buddies, sacrificing for the team instead of watching out for themselves, and it actually ends up hurting the teamth when they don't go in and get the care that they need. >> host: yeah. so i should say, you know, i described it as a system barrier, but you say it's just a matter of the culture of taking care of veterans needing to evolve