Elizabeth Esty: “I have very serious concerns about the rules as proposed, as we have seen--understanding we have not seen what was sent…”

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.

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.

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