Elizabeth Esty: “We sent them into harm's way and they are now experiencing exactly the same symptoms and problems that their colleagues…”

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 thank the under secretary and his team for staying.

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 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.