The ability to augment VA services by linking VA with established community and faith-based organizations represents an opportunity to greatly increase access to a variety of services needed for veterans with disabilities.

We believe that organizations interested in partnering with VA, must be able to easily relay their interest and abilities to VA.

We who voted against President Obama's so-called stimulus plan know that Washington really cannot create jobs, and the Federal Government certainly can destroy jobs.

I don't think the needs of veterans have changed at all.

If you need some help, if the issue comes up, contact one of these people; and, like you said, there is no wrong door.

the responsibility of each one of us to 'care for those who have borne the battle' has never felt so poignant.

I must say I am a bit chagrined, and, maybe worse than that, concerned because when we did our symposium on faith-based providers and invited the clergy, we did have the VA there because we wanted them to be able to tell the clergy members…

we really do need a community effort to make sure that our veterans have what they need.

My biggest question on broadband continues to be the balance between the underserved and the unserved.

We have to pass it so we can read it.

More than 32,000 young adults in Pennsylvania may now have coverage through their parent's health plan because of the law.

This law takes control of health care away from the multibillion dollar insurance industry and returns it to American families where it belongs.

Employers could see even more savings through the elimination of pre-existing condition underwriting, medical loss ratio standards, states successfully combating unreasonable premium increases.

Recognizing that reforming this country's health care system could wait no longer, congressional Democrats passed and President Obama signed the historic Affordable Care Act into law nearly two years ago.

Nearly 7.7 million Pennsylvania residents can no longer be subjected to a lifetime limit cap on their health coverage.

Nearly 680,000 Pennsylvanians no longer face the uncertainty that their health insurer can drop their health coverage when they need it the most.

We have a segment of our population that can't afford health insurance coverage.

48 percent pointed to rising healthcare costs.