I have another honor, that of introducing and supporting another fellow Coloradan, Tom Strickland, to be the next Assist...
Why do I know that Tom Strickland will be an excellent Assistant Secretary of the Interior? He has an exceptional track ...
It speaks highly, I think, of the motivational leadership of both Secretary Salazar and his chief of staff and nominee t...
I understand the ESA requires that decisions to exclude areas from critical habitat be based on a case-by-case determina...
a similar legislative change has been proposed on the Senate side by Senator Charles Schumer of New York.
VVA can support the proposed legislative change as outlined in H.R. 952 if the intent is that it be applied to veterans ...
If the Congress is looking for very useful ways to stimulate the economy, and to accomplish much needed work at the same...
I would also like to commend you for your compassion toward our veterans.
I certainly would not be in favor of reducing existing veterans benefits elsewhere in the VA budget in order to establis...
While I understand and appreciate the effort to address problems regarding the VA claims backlog, I believe that they ge...
the problem, of course, is that VA does not do it, despite the 3,800 new clinicians they have hired ostensibly to better...
The criteria recommended by the Institute of Medicine or the National Academies of Sciences should be taken as the defin...
I have introduced H.R. 952, the Combat PTSD Act to redefine section 1154 to include a theater of combat operations durin...
What type of recourse would a noncombat veteran have if the traumatic event they experienced is not expressly written do...
I understand that the Fish and Wildlife Service has a longstanding position that Recovery Plans are guidance and are onl...
the old methods of failing to develop our resources in the OCS are not going to work any longer.
Madame Chairwoman and Mr. Chairman, thank you both for holding this hearing. This is now the sixth hearing on OCS develo...
We can free ourselves from oil tyrants, but only if we are willing to act and develop our own resources.
