Jon Runyan: “I rise this morning to speak in favor of S. 47, the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act. I want to thank…”

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.

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

I hope that we can put to rest any notion that the Department of Defense is withholding information that could positively impact these veterans' claims.

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