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I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and to call up amendment No. 2130. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from North…
What is the pending business on the Senate floor? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending business is Grassley amendment No. 2121. Amendment No. 2130
the number of servicemembers going through this process who have taken their own lives, succumb to drugs, or suffered other unfortunate outcomes.
For God's sakes, let us do it. Tell us what we can do to be partners to change this in a way that it works.
We are all in agreement that we are just south of 400 days in the cycle of an applicant being processed.
Is it time for us to start over again, to take a blank sheet of paper and say, How do we design this in a way for the benefits of the servicemembers?
We have been very open about saying that this is a system that needs significant improvements.
I would ask, would you share with us the data that shows us that 60-day average for payment?
I thank my colleague. Madam Chairman, thank you for this hearing, and Mr. Gingrich, I share your cold. It is not fun.
But the reality is that we have got a broken system, and we are 5 years into it.
that's a long time for servicemembers to be held in limbo--not knowing whether their military careers are over.
it's still taking nearly 400 days for injured and ill servicemembers to transition to civilian life.
Due to their interrelated nature, the responses to the pre-hearing questions submitted by Senator Burr to the Department of Veterans Affairs were merged in with the responses from the Department of Defense appearing earlier in this…
Mr. President, I think I can say I was blessed to be here right before the tribute to Katie that our colleagues from Iowa gave. What an inspiring life of a young lady. Although cut short, her impact is felt by many. VISN Reorganization Act…
I think we all do agree that transparency obviously is critical to reducing the risk and creating the efficient markets.
Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
Madam Speaker, House Resolution 656 provides for a closed rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 4970, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, and general debate for H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for…