Thank you, Madam Chair.
Yes, it is unfortunate that we will not get to hear the responses and more detailed information from the officials who came prepared to answer our questions today.
I would also say that, as I'm new to the Hill, this is all very unusual to me, and I'm wondering if this is the norm. I would hope that we would work collaboratively to advance the needs and the well-being of veterans in our community. Are we not all here to move things forward and do better for the veterans, as we've all agreed that we wish to do? I'm here to hear about priorities for veterans, where their needs are and how we can better work together.
To that end, I presented a motion—second reading was last week—in the chamber, which relates to surplus federal properties across the country and how we can better use those to aid our veterans. It did, very happily, pass second reading, so it's now going to go to committee, where we'll hopefully come up with a list and a process for moving these properties—