DOD has a critical shortage of mental healthcare professionals.
That's a huge increase in the use of antidepressants, and that number remained pretty constant for 2008.
I proposed an amendment (#1475) to the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would have required the Department of Defense to...
We look at ways of changing our foreign aid focus to make sure there's transparency.
You have to have accountability.
It's sometimes very difficult to get support to build up the internal capacity of a country.
I think there's an inherent conflict sometimes between how good the government is and how much the need is.
In 2009, an unprecedented 160 Active-Duty Army suicides were reported, representing a 15 percent increase over the previous year.
We have an alarming use in the increase of antidepressants.
I am pleased to have this opportunity to discuss with you the issue of the deteriorating mental health of so many of our combat troops.
The intent of this letter was to get a preliminary assessment of the number of troops being affected by the Department of Defense's (DOD) po...
I'm honored to be before your committee, and I bring to your attention a serious issue concerning the health of our combat troops.
I'd like to know if--how familiar the three Assistant Secretaries are with this issue inside your departments, and what your thoughts are.
But that just puts more money into the pot. Believe me, there is enough money in the pot.
It is Congress' responsibility to set up the system for fair and open elections in the United States.
The only way it appears to me that we may be able to correct it is through a constitutional amendment.
Marylanders want fundamental change in the way that we finance campaigns in this country, and I want fundamental change.
I am going to work with my colleagues here on legislation because a constitutional amendment takes a lot of time.
