Thank you for your input.
Colonel Jardine, on behalf of the committee members and myself, I want to thank you for your participation today and for your service in the armed forces. Thank you as well for all the work you are doing to help veterans.
I want to remind everyone, Ms. Jardine, that you are a retired colonel and the veterans ombud. I imagine you noticed that the committee members and I did our best to say “veterans ombud”.
I would also like to say thank you to Mr. Duane Schippers, the deputy veterans ombud.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to ask—