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President Obama and Secretary of Labor Perez are committed to ensuring that the brave warriors who serve this country have the employment support, assistance and opportunities they need and deserve.

Every day I was reminded of what made our country the greatest in the world: the sacrifice of our warriors.

I served on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and I am often reminded of President Lincoln's promise, 'To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan.'

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of both of these important initiatives.

I have always thought of energy efficiency as being the low hanging fruit when it comes to reducing energy costs.

Encouraging the adoption of energy efficiency measures is one of the easiest, yet most effective mechanisms for reducing energy consumption.

The business of insurance is substantially and fundamentally different from the business of banking.

This legislation, authored by Senator Susan Collins, Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Mike Johanns, Representative Gary Miller, and Representative Carolyn McCarthy, was unanimously approved by the Senate and House last year.

The unanimous support for this legislation in both the Senate and House constituted a definitive statement of Congressional intent that insurance capital standards must be appropriately designed and tailored.

I do not pretend to have an answer to it, but I am hoping that perhaps you do.

I think it is, too, and one that really cries out for some attention.

Thank you. I think that is very helpful for us to hear as we try to figure out the barriers that young homeless people face.

I actually think you have raised a really important point because our subcommittee has been contacted just 2 weeks ago by a youth who was turned away because he did not have the documentation needed.

I think that tells you how much the ranking member, Senator Reed, and I care about this issue.

We greatly appreciate the leadership of Chairman Collins and Ranking Member Reed and look forward to working with you on this and other proposals to improve the well being of America's children.

I want us to think about the differences between serving urban homeless youth and rural homeless youth.

Her sister runs the only shelter in North Dakota that is devoted to runaway and homeless youth, and she has been such a strong advocate in this area.

I think it grossly underestimates the problem.