The NEH is vital to our educational systems and provides numerous services in the area of the humanities.

I urge my colleagues to support funding for both the NEA and the NEH.

To assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate their memory . . .; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States; to maintain and extend the institutions of freedom; and to preserve…

Private Sherrod certainly has the motivation and the lineage to be a great marine and serve his country.

His successful completion has promoted him from recruit to private. I join with his proud family and the constituents of the 30th Congressional District of Texas in commending his achievements.

I am confident that Private Sherrod will take on the challenges at both survival and leadership school with tremendous focus and effort.

Again, I join the constituents of the 30th Congressional District of Texas in congratulating the wonderful achievements of Pvt. Malcolm Barnes Sherrod.

All these activities that I mentioned are demanding and challenging for any young man or woman.

Let us not forget the goals of the VFW as noted in the 1936 congressional charter: 'To assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate their memory . . .; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the…

I am consistently awed by the great sacrifice committed by so many of behalf of this great nation.

In addition, the VFW provides $3 million annually for cancer research and $15 million for veteran-service programs.

Today, the VFW's 2 million veterans, and its auxiliaries' 750,000 members, provide $2.7 million annually in scholarships and awards to U.S. high school students.

In celebration of VFW's 100th anniversary, I want to recognize the efforts of this worthwhile organization that continues to assist tens of thousands of veterans, as well as their dependents and survivors.

Today, I am introducing the E-Mail User Protection Act.

It is imperative that we implement aggressive and comprehensive approaches to keep our children safe.

I am proud to join my colleague from New Jersey, Congressman Robert Menendez as a cosponsor of the School Anti-Violence Empowerment Act.

Congress needs to get its priorities in line as well and act on legislation that would stop youth violence.

the safety of our children as a national priority.