"It's up to us to stand by our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen."
"If our goal is to simplify and bring people into the system, a telephone book which has his income level different than mine and we live two miles apart makes no sense at all to my mind."
"In Vermont, if Senator Begich were to live in one county and I live literally a mile away from him in another county, he might be eligible; I might not be eligible."
"The SCRA Enhancement and Improvement Act incorporates a number of needed technical fixes and enhanced protections for military women and men called to active Federal service."
"Considering the somewhat belated attention being paid to MST, this bill takes a rather proactive approach to assisting veterans who have been victimized by abuse."
"the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) should be given the ability to provide dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) and other related benefits to the family automatically"
"The VFW supports Chairman Sanders and Senator Rockefeller in their efforts to improve the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)."
"With that, let me thank the panel very, very much for your excellent testimony."
"I appreciate all the work this Committee has done to honor our Nation's veterans."
"VVA wholeheartedly supports this measure."
"IAVA has no position on this draft legislation, which would provide replacement automobiles for certain disabled veterans and servicemembers"