Elizabeth Esty: “Congratulations on your confirmation. You have an important role and responsibility as head of an agency charged with…”

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

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.

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.