But without the presumption, the burden of proof on the veteran is pretty high, requiring things, information such as all the years that the person may have been exposed to a toxic condition.

I would like to go on record--first of all, thank you for having this hearing because it is a long time coming to address the impact of toxic exposure on our veterans.

I think one of the most difficult aspects of what we require of veterans to make the service connection evident is they bear the burden of proof.

I started asking that question before Judge Kavanaugh came before us.

Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?

Everything, because, as the hours were on, and she kept getting attacked in an unfounded way, I -- it truly came home to me how important she will be on the Supreme Court.

I did not want the fact that women have had to endure -- basically, women -- of this kind of assault and harassment since, as I called -- put it, time immemorial, I did not want that swept under the rug.

That hypocrisy felt particularly glaring to me.

I say because they`re running for president. Let`s be honest here.

I have been a military lawyer for almost 30 years. I represented people as a defense attorney in the military that were charged with some pretty horrific acts. And I gave them my all. This system of justice that we`re so proud of in…

I think court watchers acknowledge there is an ideologically -- ideological split in this current Supreme Court, when we are seeing more cases decided on ideological bases, not on the facts and the law.