Walter B. Jones: “And I hope to God we are not fighting, and I hope we do not give the President a new AUMF.”

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.

Unfortunately we have to lose my son in this manner. Had this bill been in place I think it would protect young men as they were jogging down the street.