her great work on this issue and i want to thank chairman miller, chairman abraham, ranking member broun and my good friend ranking member titus for all their work on this piece of bipartisan legislation. i think it's clear this committee is truly working for our nation's veterans. mr. speaker almost every day, i hear from another veteran who is the survivor of sexual assault in the military. men and women of all ages and from every branch of the service. i have heard from survivors of sexual assault from world war ii the war in afghanistan, and every conflict in every era in between. there are veterans suffering from ptsd because they were sexually assaulted and they are not being treated fairly. . this is a real injury and needs to be treated that way and should be the same for those who suffer ptsd. 19000 men and women were assaulted, but only a quarter of those assaults were reported and fewer ended up with a prosecution. i'm glad the v.a. has increased prevention efforts, but let me be clear as you heard, the problem is not fixed. survivors of sexual assault have been blamed and har