I want to go on the record in terms of my commitment to those individuals--and this is my favorite expression, Mr. Chairman--that allow us to do what we do because they did what they did in protecting this country and fighting for us.

This assessment of our veterans is not only misguided, it is an absolute insult to every one of them.

I believe our veterans are being unfairly targeted.

I am pleased to see that legislation I introduced to create a voluntary dental insurance benefit for all veterans and survivors of veterans enrolled for care at VA is on the agenda.

I will never complain to you about the volume of what we are trying to undertake in this Committee, I will assure you.

the decision underscores how military commanders are scrambling to meet President Obama's orders.

the total number of Active-Duty BCTs that the Army would grow to would be 45 instead of 48

ensure that we have better-manned units ready to deploy, and help put an end to the routine use of stop loss.

the Army has undertaken a restructuring of its combat and support forces to a more flexible, brigade-centric force thought to be better suited for the 21st century security environment.

Are there any specific statutory impediments that stand in the way of further improvement; and if so, what are they?

Mr. Warren, you said that in areas that have risk that safeguards are in place. What safeguards do you have in place for the manual process that these claims processors go through?