Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to echo the comments on your being here today and telling your stories. They're horrific stories. It's sad.
Basically, we've been working on this study for quite some time. It's long overdue. To my mind, there are two parts to this study. One is Veterans Affairs and how we are treating you today, and then, it seems, it's the CAF itself and how you were treated prior. I think there should almost be a study during those points.
Do you think there should be something going on in the department every year to follow up a little bit some of the stories we're hearing? What we're doing here is sort of like dealing with it afterwards. It would have been nice, if you'd had that problem or those issues before your 13th month, if there had been something for you at six months. Do you know what I'm saying?
That's a question for you, Ms. Smith.