I am afraid that it is becoming the silent service in terms of the slice of the pie, you know, that DOD has.

If we don't have the war yet, we have had it in the past and we are going to have it in the future.

People who do not understand history are bound to repeat it.

We are very, very naive about the motivations of certain countries and why they do certain things.

why in God's name we are doing this.

The intent of this legislation is to give priority to veterans who have urgent needs.

These Mariners have gone unrecognized, Mr. Chairman, for more than 70 years. They deserve to be recognized for their service.

The time to do so is now.

H.R. 2382, The Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act gives priority status to claims submitted by veterans who are most in need of VA services.

The system is backed up and people that have served in Vietnam, Korea, even World War II, they are reaching that age.

We must not let their efforts and contributions go unrecognized while we still have a chance to do it.