"As I have said before, not every veteran will be affected by these invisible wounds. But when a veteran has the courage to stand up and ask for help, the VA must be there every single time."
"the average number of claim conditions for our recently separated servicemembers is now in the 12 to 16 range, roughly five times the number of disabilities claims by veterans of earlier eras."
"Well, obviously, getting that system right is key."
"I mean, I am just kind of stunned as I hear that we did not have a credible system for dealing electronically with veterans' claims until you started to do that work in 2009-10."
"Mental health claims are particular ones because I think a lot of mental health professionals say once somebody gets over that burden of saying, 'Okay, I admit, I need help,' if you do not take advant..."
"I hope we are going to be revisiting it."
"That is why the Senate budget takes a measured and fair approach to completely replace the sequester with a balanced mix of revenue and spending cuts."
"Speaker Boehner has talked about how it would 'hollow our military.'"
"Democrats agree sequestration is a terrible way to cut defense spending the same way it is a terrible way to cut spending on education, health care, and other national investments."
"Our colleague Senator McCain has called sequestration 'devastating' to our military."
"Their obstructionism not only defies common sense, but it is dangerous."
"We are not going to negotiate over the debt limit."