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I thank my friend from the Northern Mariana Islands for yielding. I rise today in support of this legislation, the Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act, which will allow the Department of the Interior to study the role of…
I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding and for his service as a veteran and for what he has done for this country. I also thank the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands. {time} 1250 One of the most common ways that this Nation…
The VA Rating Schedule has not been comprehensively updated since 1945.
The VA needs to adopt the right tools to do the right thing so our Nation's disabled veterans get the right assistance they have earned and deserve.
Today's economy is different and the effects of disability may be greater than just the loss of earning capacity.
The VA's claims processing system has many shortcomings which have left many disabled veterans without proper and timely compensation and other benefits to which they are rightfully entitled.
I believe it is our duty to be vigilant in pressing for continued revision reflecting the continued advances and understanding in medical care and treatment.
Thank you, Lieutenant General Scott for your hard work, for your service to our country, and for your free and thoughtful answers here this morning.
We should not be satisfied with a World War II era system for evaluating and rating their disabilities as a result of their service and sacrifice to this Nation.
I have in front of me what I believe are the Republican objections to the ARPA-E program...
If American businessmen are going to be investing someplace, it should be in countries that are governed by democratic institutions.
We should have as our policy that any Export-Import Bank or any of the Pacific Banks... that money should not be going to dictatorships.
Camping is not a First Amendment. Camping is in fact a violation of law.
I certainly think when the Mayor of the city sent to Mr. Jarvis a letter at the end simply saying 'At a minimum, the Occupy D.C. sites at McPherson Square and at Freedom Plaza must be consolidated at Freedom Plaza to allow for elimination…
Can we expect additional exceptions like this in the future?
In fact, the moment somebody begins sleeping in a tent, basically using somebody else's asset, the American peoples' asset in a way not prescribed or allowed within the regulations set about for all citizens, the moment they do that they…