The citizen-soldiers and airmen of your National Guard are adding value to America every day that they serve.
I worry that we are robbing Peter to pay Paul.
We ask the subcommittee to fully fund that request.
Today's men and women volunteer to join, or stay, in the National Guard fully expecting to be deployed.
Of course, Senator Bond and I have the privilege of not being within departmental guidelines and we can do what we want ...
I've been on more C-130s than I'd like to think about.
In a time of economic downturn and smaller defense budgets, we encourage the Department of Defense and the Air Force to ...
What I worry about is how the Army and Air Guard still fall short of the equipment and the aircraft they need.
I have enjoyed our bipartisan cooperation, and that cooperation is one of the reasons why you have four stars on your sh...
I just want less time to be spent on conflicts inside the Pentagon and more time spent concentrating on your mission.
We urge you to reconsider the C-130 Force Structure changes and seriously review alternative courses of action that will...
As to the distribution of Milcon, certainly if I were in a Guard or Reserve unit, I'd feel as though I wasn't getting wh...
I do not think there is any debate, no matter what your politics may be, progressive or conservative, bridges falling do...
If we are going to be a strong, competitive Nation economically, we are going to have to adjust this problem at one poin...
I come from Vermont, one of the most rural States in the country, and we have exactly those problems as well.
President Reagan fought hard for a 5 cents per gallon gas tax that included transit funding and he made a promise to, th...
We have to be part of the solution, and we have to partner in very new ways with HHS.
In our country, we have by far the highest rate of childhood poverty of any other country on Earth.
