Jon Runyan: “I thank the gentleman for those kind words, and I reserve the balance of my time.”

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

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

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.

I thank the gentleman for his comments on that. And I will just tell the committee that I have had many conversations with the Air Force about this exact issue, and to be able to take a capability away from what we can do in our global…