The budget request includes a reduction of 850 military billets; moves 1,000 reservists to inactive status; reduces capi...
I am very disappointed in the President's 2014 budget request for the Coast Guard.
The $1 billion Capital Investment Plan is, in my view, wholly inadequate to replace the old and unreliable assets of the...
Let me begin where you began, because it is very troubling to many of us in the Senate and House who have been following...
These are priorities for our Nation. That's what the Senators of both parties tell me they want.
I believe the top line given to the Coast Guard in the administration's budget request is wholly inadequate.
The Coast Guard reported 141 incidents of sexual assaults in 2012. The number was up from 83 in 2011 and 75 in 2010.
We hold the men and women of the Coast Guard in the highest regard on this subcommittee.
I don't see how we can possibly replace the unreliable fleet that we have.
How much is in the whole capital budget for this year?
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It is an opportunity for us to make clear to our veterans that the promises we made to them we want to hold to those pro...
It's wrong and needs to be fixed before it goes into full effect in 2014.
The President's health care law is a prime example of this.
I wanted to bring to both of your attention a bill that I have filed, S. 412, and I am happy that Senator Blumenthal, Se...
We need to fix this situation. As an appropriator I most certainly understand the challenges in our budget.
This scoring system will have widespread implications for veterans nationwide, pulling the rug out from under our Nation...
Enabling all Americans to have access to quality and affordable healthcare was, and remains, a laudable goal.