the age a is fully funded -- vha is fully fund. 's when you look at the account it will look very large but that's because vha is about 80% of our workforce, and our budget. >> mr. chairman? >> but i do think it's important to remember that your total employees are about 335,000. so when the talk about numbers of 10,000, 4000, those are big numbers. but as they relate to the overall number of 335, i would appreciate, and you've already said that you a ticket for the record, i would appreciate you getting that information to us. >> mr. chairman? i have just a quick question. >> the chair does not mechanize the gentlelady from florida. her time has expired spent i have a question, mr. chairman, on the question that you are asking the secretary. you're asking a number of employers but my question is, how many people that receive checks will not be getting those checks. i think that's a bigger question. >> again, the gentlelady is not recognized for her question. and i appreciate what she's asking, but, you know, i would -- we knew tha

. >> we did a couple years ago pass an advanced appropriations for the department, vha. are there some components of that vector not able to do because of i.t. or some other components of the va that would actually enter vha in providing the services that they need? >> well, we've had these discussions in the past, congressman, and you know that we're a little bit bifurcated here. we get a generosity of the congress advanced appropriations for our health administration. so they are fully funded on one october. so the question, how much of an impact? 80% of va is functioning because our hospitals are open. our committee based outpatient clinics are seen patience, as veterans centers and our mobile clinics. and so that will continue and the impact of them is negligible. where we get a little bifurcated is where we have authorization to do something with a facility. and we have to wait for our i.t. budget to clear and then we marry the two of. it's something we worked in the past. are there other easy ways to handle this down the road? perhaps worthy of a discussion, but fo