Elizabeth Esty: “Agencies must continue to assess and consider both the benefits and costs of regulatory actions, including deregulatory…”

I want to make sure that VA is using RAMP to inform the new system, and not as a means to disguise a true size of the appeals backlog.

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.