>> mr. mayer, please. >> good morning, everybody. i want to thank all of the supervisors, my posse for being here. thank you for the introduction. hall also want to give special thanks to tony and kiko for your leadership. p j from the commission is also here. we are a very special city, of course. as you know, charlotte and i have been working together for the last eight months, celebrating this wonderful diversity in the city as we will and in so many international visitors that come in. every opportunity we have, we market, but we also say, if you what a great experience, go to the asian. see what we have. it is one of the few cities to have its own asian art museum. that is a wonderful reflection of our city's commitment to not only the history of the population and growth and ties to the far east, but also honors the diverse art we have in the city. so many museums are looking at how they can contribute to not only the residents here, but what i think the nation is on course to do, something that i know charlotte and i talk a lo

what i wanted to say what mr. mayer was talking about earlier and what you just said, sir, a lot of these veterans are finding that system of care and they're not moving away or moving back to where they found that quality. they may get their care and walking and going back to regular life but not finding the care where they had moved to so they wind up coming back to san antonio and it's not getting back into athletics. that happened to be what i did. it's getting back into school and getting back with your families again. walking your daughter down the aisle and taking your son fishing, all those things they had before that they want to get back to to the high level of care. and having that in a location where they don't have to travel so far to do it is paramount for that individual. >> thank you, yield back. >> anyone else have any further questions? with that, we want to say thank you to both of you for giving us the opportunity to thank you in person for your service and sacrifice to this nation both then and now.

mr. mayertalked about at the loss of leadership and like to know if you can identify or help me to understand when and how va lost it premier status and military took it over. >> i will try. i had the pleasure of being the first staff committee manager for the first via prosthetics advisory committee in the early 90s when secretary dubinsky ran the va. i didn't have a vote. i just know it's an organized the agenda. the burning issues of today are already being reconsidered by vha. my quarrel is not with the psa s. employees and their ability. they are professionals. they do a good job. my quarrel is that the more senior ranks of vha management. it doesn't matter who was there. culturally and i understand the motivation, they look for because of budget reasons they look for flexibility at the local management level at the facility. prosthetics, monies and procedures are very interesting, large target. that is how i would summarize it. >> thank you. mr. register, and your testimony talk about dif

mr. mayere you may proceed. thank you for the opportunity and the kind words in your introduction. i really appreciate that, man. i obviously, like john, i've received a lot of prosthetic care. i received it from the va, for brooke army medical center, walter reid and the air. in reference to my peer mentoring and peer visiting amputees at walter reid over the years, i have gotten to know the current warriors and their families, their concerns. in short, i think i understand the catastrophic injuries they have overcome through military rehabilitation. i understand being at their bedside and also in that hospital bed myself. as of may 1st, there is 1459 amputees -- i'm sorry, warriors of amputations i should say. but care for those warriors is at the very core of the va's mission. it is clear that the prosthetics today is at a crossroads. dh and he has a chance to regain his leadership role that she referred to in the excellence in this field of prosthetics provision in amputee care. but the cur

let's have one last round of applause for mr. mayer -- mayor ed lee. he was very impressed with your project. he would not have come out if he was not. raise your hand if you donated $1 million to someone's project? did anyone give $1 million the other day? when you guys do something awesome, people notice. they want to give support and give money. we have representatives from state farm on hand to present $10,000 per it to america scores bay area to honor all of the excellent products you have done. let's hear it one more time. >> hi everybody. this is really great. i am seeing these projects and i am really impressed by everybody. you guys did an amazing job. give yourselves a round of applause. state farm is giving this grant to americas scores because what america's course is doing with young people is tremendous and they are teaching each and everyone of you to become valuable members of your community. this program is all about the kids. the impact is having is amazing rate you can feel the passion when you speak with anyone involved in this. i w

. >> [speaking spanish] >> mr. mayer, supervisors, collaborators with the mayor -- mr. mayor, supervisors, collaborators with the mayor, i would have loved to have spoken to you in english. unfortunately, i was not able to learn english, so i will talk to you in spanish. i'd like to ask, particularly on holy week, for a miracle, and we hope this merkel will be able to help us all fix the problems that we have. so i am speaking today in particular in support of this program. la raza has been able to help me with many of my problems, legal and social, and where would i go, basically, that they are not able to provide that service to me. i am sorry, i just had a brain blank. this problem is not only unique to me. it is unique to other seniors, modeling will as well as other latino seniors. without their help, where would all the other seniors go? i realize that there are these problems outside of the city, and it is particular to san francisco. i am in shock of all of the issues i have heard today as well. i thank you for your attention, and i have great pride in being abl

mr. maey -- mayer was saying, it is spot on. think it's a much larger shoon that -- issue than just the amputees. i think there's a systemic care that has to happen, a continuum of care that goes forward. what i am seeing now, with the drop, i think it has to do, my personal opinion, is that there's a center of excellence, when these young men and women are coming back to the d.o.d. hospitals and they're coming back as units when we see a k.i.a., a killed in action, i'm looking at the paper, i know that there are going to be six or seven other young men and women who are coming back and are going to hit those d.o.d. hospitals that survived that. and so those are the ones i'm focused in on and when i see them come back, they are extremely motivated to get back because they don't want, as the soldier's cede, is they don't want to leave a fallen comrade. once you get those sports and mechanisms and tools to rehabilitate, they're ready to be active again. i think on the v.a. side the population has always been different and that's n

mr. mayer, where are you? there you are. thank you. david foster, thank you very much. i want to thank you. joe, it is great to be here. thank you for the opportunity. i have to at met to you coming into this shop and walking through the doors and coming out the side lost -- what --lot brings met -- what --lot brings me back to my youth. my dad moved to wilmington, delawarelot --lot brings me back to my youth. my dad moved to wilmington, delaware and eventually got a job as an automobile manager for 35 years. he was a proud man. my dad used to say joey -- i am not making this up -- a job as a lot -- about a lot more than a paycheck. it is about dignity and self-respect and a sense of who you are and your place in the community. it is a lot more than just a paycheck. an awful lot of people in the valley. the wyoming valley and delaware valley, had their dignity stripped. somehow these other guys are not bad guys but they don't get that part. i don't think they get that part about what a job means. more than just a paycheck. it also reminds me going down to my dad's deale

mr. mayer, where you? thank you. and david foster, thank you very much. rich, thank you. the family, i want to particularly thank. joe, it's great to be here. thank you for the opportunity. you know, i have to admit to you , coming to the shop and walking through the doors and coming up the side lot here, it brings me back home. it brings me back to my youth. i am the son of an automobile men. my dad was the general manager. he moved down so wilmington, delaware. he eventually got a job. he ended up being an automobile manager for the better part of 35 years. as dave said, he was a proud man my dad used to say @booktv and not making this up -- a paycheck -- a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. it's about your dignity. it's about your self-respect. it's about your sense of who you are. it's a better place in the community. it's a lot more than just a paycheck. an awful lot of people in the valley have had fessed their dignity stripped. somehow i don't think these other guys aren't bad, but i don't think they get that part of it. i don't think they get that part of it

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