The Honoring All Veterans Act would build on the work already initiated by this Committee to address the issues.

I know Chairman Murray and Ranking Member Burr care as deeply about our Veterans and their families as I do.

I will not shy away from providing those who have served and sacrificed for our Nation with the benefits and services they need--more importantly, that they were promised.

I look forward to continuing our efforts to make sure that the men and women who have bravely served our country are buried with honor and dignity.

I appreciate the opportunity to testify, and I want to, though I am not on the Committee, lend my support to Senator Snowe and her leadership on this piece of legislation.

If a veteran gathers up any necessary evidence before sending the claim to the VA, the bill would allow benefits to be paid for up to 1 year before that claim was submitted.

I think all of us as Americans were shocked to hear about some of the mismanagement and ineptitude that was taking place at the cemetery.

We can do better, and we must do more.

I think he should resign.

If he's now going to be opining on each unfaithful or cyber-unfaithful husband, he ought to have to take a position now on whether David Vitter, the senator from Louisiana, who ran on family values and then got caught on the D.C. madam's…

I really wish we could quantify... because we all want clean water and we all want clean air and we all want jobs.

We have to roll back some of these regulations that are killing jobs, and it really does not matter to me who gets the credit as long as we get the job done.

I am going to be talking to the White House and to the administration government relations officials...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Let me just say again, sadly, you're both being used, in violation of House rule 11 clause 2(j)(1)...

I want to protest that publicly.

the minority has rights. And if the majority wishes to actually join on this issue...

But really my question, isn't that--that's not our only choice. The question is: Could we in retrospect have tightened up regulation and been more rigorous in the review process?