I think that when you have a population that entrusts you with the issues that are of great importance to them, when you have one that I thi...
It is very important and possible that we will have two appropriations for VA enacted this year, the first for 2010, the second for 2011.
One of the bills on the agenda that I feel passionately about is S. 669, the Veterans' 2nd Amendment Protection Act.
We must provide our veterans with the due process granted to every other citizen.
Although even the NRA stated that the Joshua Omvig bill would have no impact on gun rights, critical sections of the Suicide Prevention Act ...
I ask my colleagues for their support on S. 669 so that we can right what I think is a tremendous wrong.
Listen, this is not the first time I have been on this cabbage truck, and it has been in Republican Administrations and now it happens to be...
The Department of Justice administers the Brady Bill.
I hope you understand, these are significant things that we need to know the numbers on if, in fact, we suggest--and I think your testimony ...
Let me express how I look forward to working with you on this subcommittee and on the Armed Services Committee.
Do you see the MRAP as significant a piece of equipment for use in Afghanistan as it was used in Iraq, given the difference in terrains betw...
So you're fairly confident that the training that we provided is sufficient for these troops either to transition from Iraq to Afghanistan o...
the decision underscores how military commanders are scrambling to meet President Obama's orders.
ensure that we have better-manned units ready to deploy, and help put an end to the routine use of stop loss.
the total number of Active-Duty BCTs that the Army would grow to would be 45 instead of 48
I think it is essential to promote and deploy these new provisions as quickly as possible.
I hear every day from small business owners throughout North Carolina that they have fallen victim to forces pretty much outside of their co...
We have got to work together on this.
