Women are the fastest growing population among veterans, making up 8% of the armed forces.

Sharing your experience to us is only going to help us make sure that this does not happen to anyone else.

As a Nation, we call on our armed servicemembers to sacrifice bravely on our behalf.

One of the biggest metrics we miss in the VA is customer service.

We have a responsibility to serve our veterans by ensuring that every effort is made to simplify the claims process.

if we only hire veterans as NCA cemetery directors, it shrinks our talent pool.

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

I thank all the esteemed witnesses for their testimony, and my good friend Mr. Walz for inviting me and being present here today.

I am honored and happy to be here at Ocean County College, in my home district.

I have had the opportunity to work on the complicated issues surrounding the veterans benefit system.

I am happy to introduce him to you today and welcome him to Toms River.