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I am also personally committed to determining what we can do more and better to help veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress.

There is nothing partisan about supporting this bill or any other measure that provides what we owe to our veterans.

We owe it to America's veterans to provide certain and stable VA budgets.

I believe veterans would be much more satisfied to get a claim in a matter of weeks as opposed to a matter of months or years.

If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.

I had no idea that more older people were starting businesses than the very younger parts of our population, so, this has been an eye-opener for me, as well.

I think this has been a fascinating hearing that is really going to help increase public awareness of the critical and growing role that senior entrepreneurs, encore entrepreneurs, are playing in our economy.

I love Ms. Isele's idea of allowing them, the long-term unemployed, to use their unemployment benefits as a start-up loan.

It seems to me that it may well be harder for seniors to get the financing that they need.

We created a program for the National Institutes of Health called Cyber Health, which trains seniors how to use the technology

I do not know of any State as early on and continuing to support entrepreneurial activity

The dairy producers that I have spoken with are calling on the USDA Secretary to undertake a study of alternatives and to agree to hold prehearings on such alternatives as a basic component of the USDA's fundamental mission to the dairy…

I understand that the Dairy Industry Advisory Committee has recommended that the Secretary take such action and review interested party proposals to address class III and class IV pricing formula changes in a participatory and transparent…

I thank the Senator for her response. The dairy producers in Maine have told me that they believe that it will take just such a thorough review of proposals from interested parties, to help address concerns from industry, assist with the…

I commend the Senator from Michigan, her committee and staff for their tireless work that has brought this farm bill to fruition. Further, I greatly appreciate the Senator's willingness to discuss an issue that is absolutely critical for…

So a long-term strategy, not a short-term emergency strategy, is what we really need to be looking at.

If two-thirds of the American economy is driven by consumer spending and the income is going to the top 1 percent...

On the other hand, we cannot ignore this. I mean, the debt, just the interest on the debt, if we have a 1-percent increase in the interest we are paying on our current Federal debt--1 percent--which I think everyone agrees is likely within…