I hope you will get with the Coke people who are here today so you all can clear up that difference so we make sure that----

I do not want to steal any time from Secretary Gerton.

I have got to tell you, ridiculous that we do not have seamless transition and seamless across-the-board electronic medical records between the DOD and the VA.

Thank you, Ms. Voticky.

I believe that veteran business ownership is a net gain for our Nation.

I think you make a very good point, and it points out a responsibility we have in the U.S. Senate and the Congress.

Getting veterans reintegration issues 'right' in the 21st century is central to our shared project of creating a more perfect union.

Talking to literally hundreds of veteran business owners in our State, they wanted a Veterans Chamber of Commerce to represent them in the General Assembly.

No apology necessary.

This meeting of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee will come to order, and we are delighted today to be having a hearing on probably one of the most important topics we could possibly talk about, and that is the transition of our…

Mr. President, I have spoken at length about how our debt crisis and our global crisis are interconnected. Before I speak today, though, I want to thank the Senator from Texas for his leadership this year, as we did get the Senate back to…

Mr. Speaker, I applaud the enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act. This legislation passed the House and the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support and was signed into law today by the President. Education is not a partisan…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Shannon Johnson. On December 2, our country witnessed the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11. On this horrific day in San Bernardino, California, 14 people were tragically killed…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Patrick Prokop. After 38 years as a meteorologist, 35 of which were spent in Savannah, Georgia, Pat Prokop is retiring. He started his broadcasting career in 1977 and, through the years, worked in…

Look, we are here, and I am glad to hear what has come out of the Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee. I just wanted to talk about that because you mentioned the losses in transparency on that open book. It does that. It has been…

Mr. Speaker, it is good to be back on the floor of the House. I am thrilled tonight to be surrounded with my friends and colleagues, and to be part on championing a call that is close to my heart, and should be for every Member of…

Representative Cramer, that is such a great story. For those of us with many problems and dysfunction--you hear that up here all the time--to actually understand that we still believe this is the greatest country in the world and that…

Thank you tonight for being a part of it. It moves along. We mentioned the great State of Tennessee, with Mrs. Blackburn and others who have been a part of this; but my friend just across the border in Chattanooga, Mr. Fleischmann, is here…