I had asked whether or not you felt that the VA was being a little overly rigid in interpreting these regulations.

I have often said that I hope we some day become--and I think you are in the process of doing that--as good at taking care of our veterans as we are creating them.

Caring for American veterans remains one of the Nation's highest priorities and clearly is one of yours.

I think Americans would be absolutely shocked to hear the statistic here, that average African American families have less than $5,500 in wealth compared to average white families, that have an average of $87,058.

I think this has been one of the most interesting, thought provoking panels and most professionally executed panels that I have ever heard in my time in the Senate.

This is something that I am going to really drill down on with this Committee.

These capital markets must work for all Americans. They just have to.

While government does, Mr. Johnson, have a limited role, it could have a very muscular and important role to play in righting injustices.

We do not have to start from today to do things right and do things better.

Recruitment for the Afghan National Police has been sharply improving over the last several months.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3125, the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act. The most pressing issue that we're facing right now in the mobile wireless and Internet industries is the availability and use of spectrum, especially given the…

Mr. Speaker, President Obama will be speaking this week at the Kennedy Space Center. And while the President's budget cancels the Constellation program, it also jeopardizes NASA's Michoud facility, which is the premiere manufacturing…

Of particular interest to me and the state of Louisiana is the CPSC's ongoing investigation into defective drywall made in the People's Republic of China.

But this is going to have to be changed, in my view.

So it is a real opportunity, I want to just say, for some unions.

I wanted to ask you, if I could, just about the Race to the Top program.

the problem is if you push to get everyone there, you will give us no choice but to water down.

It is harder today to get into TFA than it is to get into Harvard Law School.