Elizabeth Esty: “So as we move forward I would welcome your thoughts on whether we can use the technology to help solve this problem.”

I want to thank the under secretary and his team for staying.

If they cannot see--the VSOs who are on the front line are unable to see the legacy claims, then we are not really getting the benefit--the promised benefits of this IT innovation.

I believe it is a model that for large-scale policymaking that other Committees--this Committee and other Committees--should look to duplicate.

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