Can you please provide an update on the administration's efforts related to the situation in Burma?

a new AUMF by this Congress would send a message of resolve to our troops and to our enemies.

I thank my colleague for his leadership on this issue. It has been a pleasure to lead a subcommittee in the Foreign Relations Committee with Senator Merkley. We have always worked in a constructive fashion on some consequential issues and…

for years, I have been calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to improve the healthcare law. There are some, like me, who recognize the benefits of the existing healthcare law, as well as the areas that need fixing, and I…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding and for hosting this Special Order. In my humble opinion, the people of New York are lucky to have a gentleman like him representing them; and I know it is the highest honor of his life as…

Every year, middle class seniors are forced to pay billions in taxes on their Social Security benefits. This tax is fundamentally not fair and penalizes folks who have paid into the system their entire lives. There is a better way. We…

I would encourage all my colleagues across Congress to work with the administration to secure the southern border using, as described, a multi-pronged approach.

I, too, rise in strong support of this legislation. Every single week, I make phone calls to Hoosiers back home, and I hear every night on those phone calls how hard they are working to build a better and brighter future for themselves…

I want to thank my colleague from Kentucky for his leadership and my colleague from Indiana for his leadership on this legislation as well. Mr. Speaker, from day one, President Trump's message to North Korea has been clear: the U.S. will…

Earlier this month, four U.S. servicemembers were killed in Niger by Islamic militants. We thank these American heroes who paid the ultimate price for our country. Their service will never be forgotten. As we learn more about this…

We do not support taking money from veterans to pay for their own benefits.

VVA does not support mandatory funding for VA health care.

we applaud Rep. Banks for proposing this bill.

Every day, as we know, 20 veterans die from suicide.

We would like to work with the Congressman and the Committee to improve the bill.

The VCL is a critical component to providing direct, immediate care to those in crisis and aid in the prevention of suicide.

We cannot support the bill as written.

The invisible wounds of PTSD are a large contributing factor to many of the suicides that take place among veterans.