During a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing in July, Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) asked Margarita Devlin, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Performing the Delegable Duties of the Under Secretary for Benefits, why her boss Nick Pamperin, Executive Director of the Veteran Readiness and Employment Service, sent her to testify in front of congress in his stead during a hearing on the Veteran Readiness and Employment Service.