good assessment of their own internal kochts and as someone who looks at, you know, our business is pnls pretty closely, my sense is that without knowing those costs, you know, for human resources, et cetera. that's a big component. >> let me ask you this. if there's no handle -- if there's no realization of the cost, as you said, does any comparison even stand up, then if the numbers are not the same? >> in my mind, no. >> okay. women i yield back and, again, thank you all for your service to the country and as you well know, the most important thing question do is to make sure that every veteran is served properly. so thanks again for what you do. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding back and go to our colleague from michigan. >> thank you, gentlemen, for coming and testifying today. i just have a couple questions. mr. orace, are the members, are the people that work at the va, are they moneys of your association too jie mean do they have the same access to the same prosthetics as the people on the outside? >> yes, she should. >> because they should. >> because one of the questions i