The 10-percent increase in the budget is not going to happen.
Budgets are about choices. They are about making the tough decisions about where we should direct Federal investments.
I flatly reject that argument. Back in Washington State, I have seen clearly that when workers succeed, businesses succe...
Under this proposal, they would be regulated by the Department of Labor, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the...
Why would you want to stop reporting the number of people who got checks that they were not supposed to get?
I have sponsored a bill, the Taxpayer Transparency Act, which would require Federal agencies to disclose when taxpayer d...
I think the VA has been really short in taking advantage of that opportunity.
For veterans to have a choice and for the VA to compete to provide services to veterans is an important thing.
last year, I asked you at this same hearing about the hospital at Fort Leonard Wood, which you said was still the number...
It is clear to me the VA, if they wanted to, could clarify that just as easily as they could decide what the 40 miles wa...
I was surprised to learn from your testimony that the diagnosis and treatment of patients with dementia is not a routine...
Nothing could be further from the truth, particularly when it relates to long-term care in this country.
the budget that we are currently debating cuts Medicaid by another $400 billion in this country.
I think there is--the stereotype is harming the Medicaid program.
It seems to me that not funding research is dumb because it is going to cost us a lot of money and refusing to fund care...
It will not be my colleague, Susan Collins, that will be in favor of that, but there will be some.
Let's talk a little bit about the reality of Medicaid in this equation.
I want the advocates to work on realizing that it is time to hold everyone's feet to the fire regardless of their party.
