Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and a warm welcome to you, Mr. Stogran, for being with us this afternoon.
I listened with great concern today as we spoke about our veterans. I know that all of us in this room have a great love and admiration for our veterans, and we realize what they have done for us. None of us here would want to think that there is any veteran out there who is homeless. I know as well that we have a great passion to help these veterans, and I appreciate your passion for all of this.
When we visited the Daniel J. MacDonald Building on Monday, we felt, when we left, how strong and hard these people work. They leave no stone unturned to provide the very best possible accommodation and help that is available for veterans.
Do you consider that the privacy of the vet is the main reason we have homeless veterans out there? There are lots of programs there, and we have people dedicated to doing the best for the veterans. So why is there such a thing happening out there that we actually have veterans who are homeless?