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Veterans Advisory Committee <br />Minutes February 25, 2020 <br />Page 11 <br />Roddy, can look into ways we might influence like what we just talked about. We need to <br />put dollars into the program. <br />Sheridan: Was that VA? <br />Chair Doolittle: Yeah, I think that was VA. Was that a Supplemental added to their <br />budget? Or was that a demand that they take part of their budget? <br />Wery: Has anyone been up to the new CBOC? <br />Lewis: Yes. <br />Nahakuelua: Yes. <br />Wery: That place was amazing, I was shocked. They open the doors for you. It was a real <br />profession place. I didn't believe I was in the VA. <br />Lewis: It's a great announcement. That they are open and in full operation. <br />Wery: Someone must have put some pressure on them. They smile. It was unbelievable. <br />Sheridan: You what that is, that's Mags. He's the guy in charge. He used to be a doctor at <br />Kaiser. When I found out he was going to move to VA, I jumped right on it. He's the guy <br />in charge, that's the kind of guy he is. He's a graduate of Pahoa High School. <br />Nahakuelua: I commented on that too. He's my cousin, well his dad is. But I talked to Dr. <br />Mag and told him what a great it was, people are friendly and I asked him is there <br />anyone we could praise their efforts and he said it was a Dr. Ryder (sp?) in Honolulu, <br />higher along in the VA. <br />Wery: Yeah, it was nice, they never did it before. <br />Lewis: Ok. Burn Pit Legislation, that's another announcement that they're working on the <br />presumption that you have, because things are happening to people that are deployed and <br />near the burn pits. I don't know this one, Flags were passed and signed. POW/MIA flags <br />fly at all Federal buildings daily now. The treatment court is a two-year program and now <br />that Judge Kubo is retired, they're looking for a federal grant to continue to operate for <br />non-violent offenders, that's an issue. <br />Chair Doolittle: That funding has been in need for quite some time now. Not just <br />because the Judge retired. <br />Lewis: They funded it and then they didn't fund it. <br />Chair Doolittle: Well what happened, was they had to incorporate the Veterans Court <br />