We talk in the Senate and in the Congress about presidential commissions, and sometimes with a great deal of skepticism, but I think this Commission demonstrates the way that these commissions should work.
Webb praises the Commission's bipartisan and independent approach.
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That is why we introduced the GI Bill Educational Freedom Act, along with Senator Mark Rubio and four other Senator colleagues from both sides of the aisle.
You can't renegotiate the front end once the back end is done. This is an obligation that has been made to people whose military careers are now done.
It is a comprehensive, commonsense piece of legislation, and I am confident we can put this together on a bipartisan basis in order to save the integrity and the value of the best GI Bill that our country has ever seen.
However, the administrative process which is the specific topic of your hearing today, is subject to unreasonable delays, lacks clear guidance and is expensive.
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