"We must do what we can to limit the impact of these closures on student veterans and taxpayers."
"I am convinced that once appropriate mandatory offsets are identified, we should provide full restoration of entitlement to students whose school closed in the middle of the semester."
"As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
"It saddens me that we must be here today, and it saddens me to hear the stories of how school closures have continued to impact student veterans' dreams of earning their degree."
"Our veterans only get one shot at it. And we want to make sure that they have the opportunity to make the best of it."
"if it looks like a quack--a duck--and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck."
"I agree with those who have said that the VR&E Program should be the crown jewel of benefits provided through the Veterans Benefits Administration; it is certainly needed."
"Today, the Subcommittee will conduct an oversight hearing on the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program at the Department of Veterans Affairs."
"the failure by the VA to update their IT systems caused massive delays in processing GI Bill claims for thousands of student veterans last fall."
"I am proud to be here today to be part of the Subcommittee's continued review of the implementation of the Forever GI Bill."
"I am also interested in learning what the Department's plan is to go back and pay veterans what they are owed."