In my opinion, this is old politics, because the committee did not discuss at all with the authorizers, did not talk with the Secretary, did not talk to the administration. It was just a group of good old boys from the bad old days getting together against the veterans.
Questioning the committee's approach to legislation affecting veterans.
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