Jon Runyan: “I will reiterate again to the Chairman, this is the way I hope you would think democracy should work and be done.”

You don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul, or fix one problem by creating another.

However, we can't simply apply the principle of one-size-fits-all approach to the claims.

The men and women that we are discussing today fought on behalf of our Nation and they should receive the same benefit of the doubt that U.S. servicemembers receive when they are asking for benefits that they earned.

We have got to remember that these numbers represent real veterans, real people, and so let us look at that from that standpoint.