I think it is extremely important that we find anybody who was misdiagnosed and get them care.

That kind of adversarial relationship cannot be beneficial for either the unit or the servicemember who is trying to move on with their life.

I hear from servicemembers who are in the disability process, that they are languishing in this process without any meaningful or productive things to do.

That is unacceptable for someone who is just waiting to figure out what they are going to do with the rest of their lives.

the only way that we are going to restore trust, which is really important, is by focusing on consistency and accuracy of decisions

I am very troubled by what they found.

I am entering the results of this interim investigation into the record at this point and there will be more to come.

I continue to hear about servicemembers who are overdosing on drugs, committing suicide, committing serious crimes.

We need an honest approach even if it is not what we like, but at least telling them a real number.

Due to their interrelated nature, the responses to the posthearing questions submitted by Senators Murray and Burr to the Department of Veterans Affairs were merged in with the responses from the Department of Defense appearing earlier in…

Ensuring an accurate, efficient, and seamless disability evaluation process for our servicemembers really is a critical part of making sure that they receive the care and benefits that they deserve.

I asked our Committee staff to conduct an investigation into the Joint Disability Evaluation System.

I think this has been an excellent hearing, and I appreciate the way you are doing it.

I think, for example, that real behavioral change, particularly in this program with 50 million people that a lot of us see as sacred ground.

I want to see us align incentives, and that is what we have been talking about.

I mean, you all have appropriately characterized what we are dealing with in America as largely a sick care system.

What we have been pointing to is the VA--for the sickest people... saving upwards of 20 percent on that population by caring for them at home.

Mr. President, I am pleased and proud to follow Senator Harkin, one of the chief authors of the FDA bill, and to thank him and Senator Enzi for this truly bipartisan, monumental work on a measure that is essential to the future of the…