mr. rieckhoff mentioned as one of the costs of this war. can you share with this committee how many of va's backlogged construction projects involve immaterial improvements -- improvements needed just to protect the privacy and safety of woman veterans? >> i really, excuse me, don't have that specific information be. i do know that there are initiatives that va includes in its planning process, but i don't know specifically if that -- >> is that something you can find out for us? >> we could certainly get back to you on that. >> okay. i'd really appreciate that. ms. golding, you testified that the medical costs for iraq and afghanistan veterans between 2011 and 2020 could total between $40 billion and $55 billion. that number, of course, doesn't take into account the costs of paying for previous generations of veterans that we're still responsible for. cbo did another report earlier this year on possible ways to reduce the deficit where they made a couple of recommendations about veterans' programs. i don't support those specific proposals