That is what makes it so frustrating for those of us who have had those experiences, to try to get legislation through and not be taken seriously by the way definitions are made, by the way people implement the law.
Reyes expresses frustration over legislative challenges related to veterans' issues.
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I really do believe it is important, and our Ranking Member here can attest to it, when we had the full Committee hearing, one of the recommendations that I made to Chairman Miller is we have to bring in Secretary Shinseki and Secretary…
Well quantity over quality will not work when it comes to our veterans. We need to get claims done right the first time, as if a do over was not an option.
We have lost over 6,300 Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan and more than 46,000 have been wounded, since September 11, 2001.
We have veterans committing suicide in shameful numbers, the most recent figure being 18 veterans every single day.
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