. >> i recognized ms. titus for questions. >> thank you very much. two questions.first, we've heard a lot about putting these complex cases in these planes come it easy, medium and hard. i understand the value of that. if that's not oversimplifying it for better understood nuance a little more. are we really creating a system that's going to produce more errors on the road in attribute to the appeals backlog is my first set of question. something i mentioned earlier, the raid as you pay, complex cases. would it not hurt as the great aspects and veterans get paid for those until you get to the end. >> daylight be enable their specialists and not claim, posttraumatic stress disorder, military trauma. one of our severe disability cases. that can manage from regional office to regional office. every regional offices to interrupting. the latter doing the right thing. the ones we hear about where it doesn't matter what process they have in place of the people are inadequately trained. the greatest process the world won't help them. to your question about the pay-as-you-g

. >> i recognized ms. titus for questions. >> thank you very much. two questions.first, we've heard a lot about putting these complex cases in these planes come it easy, medium and hard. i understand the value of that. if that's not oversimplifying it for better understood nuance a little more. are we really creating a system that's going to produce more errors on the road in attribute to the appeals backlog is my first set of question. something i mentioned earlier, the raid as you pay, complex cases. would it not hurt as the great aspects and veterans get paid for those until you get to the end. >> daylight be enable their specialists and not claim, posttraumatic stress disorder, military trauma. one of our severe disability cases. that can manage from regional office to regional office. every regional offices to interrupting. the latter doing the right thing. the ones we hear about where it doesn't matter what process they have in place of the people are inadequately trained. the greatest process the world won't help them. to your question about the pay-as-you-g

. >> thank you, ms. titus. with that, i ask unanimous consent that chairman miller and the ranking member be able to participate in our hearing today. hearing no objections, so ordered. at this time, i would welcome our first panel to the table. your complete and written statements will be entered in the hearing record. mr. and mrs. price, thank you for your service and for being here this afternoon. mrs. price coming are now recognized for five minutes for your oral testimony. >> thank you, chairman. chairman runyan, ranking member of nine, members of the panel, better and faster to express gratitude for inviting ourselves as delegates to represent their views on the va's handling of complex claims and the challenges that are faced with most of this panel has no idea who veterans awareness is. it's exactly what it sounds like. we are just a bunch of veterans. but we are specialists that come from a wide variety of fields and bring in some cases decades of experience table in the team. our perl-based is to do w

ms. titus: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. titus: with fewer than seven legislative days left in the year, the -- i wanted to address the staggering list of unfinished business before the house is rapidly closing. no farm bill, no long-term udget, no tax reform, no comprehensive immigration package, no replacement for the sequester. in fact, the g.o.p. has continued to fail to govern and create real solutions to the pressing issues facing this country. over the past 11 months, republicans have undermined the important economic progress that we've made, disproportionately harming low-income women and children, and keeping 11 million undocumented immigrants in the shadows. they have gutted nutritional programs, voted to repeal the health care reform 43 times, and shut down the government in a fit, putting millions in economic risk. this holiday season, as ame

ms. titus: i rise on behalf of the nearly 30,000 unemployed nevadans who risk losing their ben fis if congress fails to act before the end of the year. while our economy has slowly begun to recover from he recession and housing crisis, there are still 1.3 million fewer jobs today than when the recession started six years ago. nearly four million jobless americans have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks. and while a newly unemployed workers has a 20% to 30% chance of getting hired, a long-term unemployed worker has only a one in 10 chance of finding a new job in any given month. cutting off a critical lifeline to those already struggling to make ends meet would be irresponsible and reckless. causing significant damage to our economic growth and costing our economy nearly 310,000 jobs, including 3,000 in nevada. i'm proud to co-sponsor the emergency unemployment compensation extension act that would extend this vital program and related provisions for another year. so before congress pats its

ms. he's here to share that story. plus, he may have been pummeled by brian on "fox & friends," but he did not let that stop him. trick shot titusl to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ o come let us adore him, christ the lord ♪ >> it's your shot of the morning. you are looking at a live shot of nativity on the plaza. they are spreading christmas cheer and raising awareness for your right to build nativities in your community. go to faith in action.org to learn more. >> by the way, that nativity, were here before we were here. >> this one, which has been here many, many years, they use a live baby jesus. who if they zoom right in, you can see that's a live baby. i just saw mary and joseph taking him out of the stroller. >> no drummer boy because we don't believe there was a drummer boy. we debated this a while ago. >> that was a long-standing debate. >> don't tell my kids that. >> okay. there was a drummer boy. >> there is a drummer boy song. >> we know that for sure.