Walter B. Jones: “I wanted to know about the waste, fraud, and abuse that is taking place every day and what is the Department of Defense…”

I never will forget Donald Rumsfeld, the former Secretary of Defense, sitting where you are telling this committee that he will account for every dollar of the taxpayer.

This bill will reduce the administrative burdens on grieving family members, and ensure that they receive the benefits that they are entitled to as quickly and expeditiously as possible.

Why do we in Congress keep increasing the budget? I am all for the warfighter. He or she deserves whatever we can give them.

In 2013, you tweeted, 'Let's get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train, and we waste billions there. Nonsense. Rebuild the United States of America.'