"Disappointingly, the Under Secretary declined to attend and did not give a reason for his inability to attend."
"a veteran will have to submit a new claim under----"
"They should be receiving a letter in the mail."
"Because I certainly know that a ship navigating within 12 miles of land takes a position report more than 3 times a day."
"Do we really need to quibble over whether they are using an old form or a new form or having them resubmit forms multiple times."
"Basically you are putting it back in the veteran's lap because they submitted the wrong form and they do not know any better?"
"Are you telling me that the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) tells exactly which form, number, version, series, date?"
"I would like to see that as soon as possible."
"A requirement for a different form or a requirement for you to be tracking them differently so putting the tracking burden on the veteran rather than you to just say this goes in this pile rather than..."
"I just wanted to make sure that if anybody is watching this hearing and they did serve on a submarine, it is not being excluded."
"These veterans have waited for decades to get these benefits."
"we thank you, Ranking Member Bost and all members of the subcommittee for your collective efforts in getting H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, unanimously passed through the ..."