Elizabeth Esty: “It is our responsibility in Congress to deal with the underfunding point.”

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.

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

On behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (AFGE), and its National VA Council, which represents more than 700,000 federal and D.C. Government Employees...