Raul Ruiz actually said...

"When brave young men and women volunteer to serve in our Armed Forces, they swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."

"Veterans being deprived of healthcare they have earned, whether due to unforeseen increases in cost or demand, budgetary mismanagement at the VA, congressional dysfunction, or any other problem outsid..."

"This simple, commonsense legislation will provide VA the statutory authority to expedite payment of certain survivor benefits to eligible family members upon the death of a veteran."

"Mourning family members have enough to deal with upon the death of cherished veterans and we should no longer make navigating the VA bureaucracy part of that coping process."