Elizabeth Esty: “Delayed funding and failure to invest actually is harming lives, as it was in Flint.”

I hope we can take the lessons that are being learned there and make sure that those are used every time with forward-going programs.

I am strongly urging this big new class of freshmen Members of Congress, whether they serve on this Committee or not, to honor that commitment to our Nation's veterans.

I am happy to welcome everyone here today as we enter the home stretch on the implementation of the Appeals Modernization Act.

Let me be clear. When the report on military sexual trauma came to my attention in August, I was disappointed and disturbed.