mr. tremaine was subject to intense interrogation. mr.ich was the boss of the first senior administrator fired for mismanagement under the law this congress passed last august. mr. sepich quietly retired one week ago. thank you for letting me be here, chairman, and ranking member. thank you to mr. tremaine and dr. head and i just can't tell you how much i appreciate your encouragement and your willingness to help us get this right. >> thank you. and i think your passion speaks for itself. and i think when i mentioned being on the right team, there's no question that our representative has been an advocate for veterans that we haven't seen the likes of. so thank you so much for that, ma'am. >> thank you very much. just a brief follow-up among the lines of representative rice, and i want to ask miss lerner, this is sort of procedural, but i think it will get at an important point. you talked about the office of medical inspector now doing a more proactive or interactive follow-up to the recommendations, and you mentioned including disciplin