It is a legal document. There are trustees who hold notes on the U.S. Treasury.
I do not believe that is the right approach.
But there is no money to pay it with.
Let me begin by saying that much of America's greatness comes from our veterans.
I hear from veterans in Alabama about the major concerns facing the veteran population, and the top-most concern I am he...
I would totally disagree with that, and I think that economic studies are going to prove that is wrong.
This budget request is one that, in a time where sequestration is affecting many programs, including our defense budget,...
It is undeniable we owe much to the courageous men and women who put their lives on the line for their country and their...
The disability backlog needs to be dealt with.
I do think we need to focus on that and ask if there are other things that we can do to confront that problem.
We all need to know there are two funding sources here: the base budget and overseas contingency operations.
there is a strong feeling in Congress that we have--it will be very corrosive of public integrity and the integrity of C...
Well, we really need recommendations.
One thing I would like to emphasize is that it is not a definition of good policy or concern just to spend more money.
I think that is critically important.
the difficulty we have, colleagues, on the sequester, sequester is part and parcel of the Budget Control Act that was pa...
So the plan that would cut $130 billion more than the President's request would still allow you to meet the strategic re...
the whole war, the $1.4 trillion over the last 10 years or so that we have used on the war efforts have been emergency s...