I hope that since this program has proven itself that the deference of support for this program, I hope, is something that is going to be resolved.

I think it is really critical that the young people in our country have the experience of being in our national parks.

I hope you will undergo that because I think that these programs have proven themselves to be worthy of support

There should be a definition that you have for what constitutes permanent disability that is showing that someone has to provide in order to get a free pass.

That kind of approach has to become institutionalized within the VA, so it is not catch as catch can.

So, now that you are aware, it is going to rise to the top of your list of priorities----

Many of the bills we are considering today represent worthy ideas to improve and expand access to our public lands and national parks.

Providing service-disabled veterans with lifetime passes to our national parks and public lands would convey our gratitude for their service.

I think it is important because I certainly--I visit our VA facilities all across our State, and retention--the need for more hospital personnel, et cetera, is really critical, and to keep them.

I think it makes a lot of sense, with a 150,000-case backlog, to basically triage the kind of cases that you have and move things along.

If my math is correct you have 700 lawyers. That gets you to 118,000 cases that would be completed once this new standard is implemented.

The Congress passed a benefits package for the Filipino World War II veterans and we are losing them by the day.

I have no questions for you except to say thank you for your public service and your patience.

Today I rise to recognize Chief Master Sergeant Josephine Yenke's retirement, after 28 years of honorable service to our Nation in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserves, and Air National Guard, to her home in Hawaii. Chief Yenke…

Why did we allow this to happen?

If you wanted to move faster toward that kind of reliance on alternatives and renewables because we care about things like climate change.

My thoughts, our thoughts, are with the families of the 15 Marines and one sailor who lost their lives in service to our country.

if we do not deal with the Budget Control Act, we will end up cutting, not increasing, the size of the Navy.