Elizabeth Esty: “This just makes sense and allows us, in fact, to provide better for those who visit our cemeteries and to the families.”

We should not expect our veterans to be experts in appeals law, Veterans Affairs regulations. That is not their job. It is our job to take care of them.

I want to thank Chairman Roe and Chairman Isakson and Ranking Members Tester and Walz, in particular for their efforts on the Blue Water Navy veterans.

I hope we can take the lessons that are being learned there and make sure that those are used every time with forward-going programs.

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