I would welcome anyone on the Committee who would like to work with me to see if we cannot get the VA to move in a more ...
This Congress has seen in the past significant improvements on our funding for health services.
Despite the additional money, we still cannot attract and retain the necessary professionals to provide the services.
I think we probably need to institutionalize some of that.
I look at this and I think, 'This is exactly the wrong message we should be sending.'
I am just beside myself on what has happened. I mean, they've launched a multistage missile.
I was pleased to read this morning's paper, a number of people were saying, okay, I see some silver linings in this.
It wouldn't seem wise to continue that level of spending for another year if you are pulling out of this.
Our budget is fundamentally about priorities and I applaud the President for working with Congress to craft a blueprint ...
That is crazy if you have got that much land set aside, and you can not do anything with it.
What we are asking in this request is for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to receive some funding to redress some of those ...
This program is of significant importance to the farmers I represent in Kansas and farmers across the nation.
This program does not insure cost of production. It is a market-based program that ensures a revenue stream based on his...
However, if all the commodity programs were gone tomorrow, we could probably make it as long as we have crop insurance.
if all commodity programs were gone tomorrow we could probably make it as long as we had crop insurance.
I think it is appropriate that as we approach the end of the first year of the 2008 Farm Bill we begin the process of re...
But if we had to give up something, make sure we still have crop insurance because our risks are so great.
Unfortunately, some of the testimony is testimony that we have heard in previous years and it is discouraging to me.