Your bill offers an opportunity for us to begin to tear down some of those barriers and see to it that we have a more responsive VA.

the VA needs to understand on this issue of running out of money, no agency of government has gotten more increases in funding than Veterans Affairs over the last 7 or 8 years.

Chairman Isakson, Ranking Member Blumenthal and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to offer the VFW's views.

I want to thank Senator Baldwin for her press conference this afternoon and for pushing forth this legislation.

We need a system of accountability that is enforceable and is the same for employees at all levels.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1633. From 2011 to 2013, over 200 DHS employees were placed on paid administrative leave. While administrative leave may be necessary on a case-by-case basis, more frequently, we hear of Federal…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1615. In November of 2014, it was reported that DHS had received and processed the most FOIA requests out of any Federal department. It…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1615) to direct the Chief FOIA Officer of the Department of Homeland Security to make certain improvements in the implementation of section 552 of title 5, United States Code…

Mr. Speaker, once again, I urge my colleagues to support this strong, bipartisan piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank before its charter expires on June 30. In fiscal year 2014 alone, the Ex-Im Bank supported $27.4 billion worth of U.S. exports, with $10.7 billion of that total…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I believe our children and grandchildren deserve a better government than the one that we are passing on to them. Families are struggling due to a lagging economy…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1633) to provide for certain improvements relating to the tracking and reporting of employees of the Department of Homeland Security placed on administrative leave, or any…

This is a crisis as Mr. McGovern articulated of national security but more than that, world security.

We thank You for the gift of being able to be selected by the people of this nation to serve here in Congress.

The world's population is booming, which means the world's hunger problem is booming.

World hunger is a world-wide issue now of staggering dimensions.

Mr. Speaker, once again, I urge my colleagues to support this strong, bipartisan piece of legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.