Elizabeth Esty: “There are a lot of people who believe this is a gross and unconstitutional overreach of Congressional power who are not…”

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

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.

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...