We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 to get on the track that we need to ultimately have by 2050.
a cap-and-trade program might allow Wall Street to distort a carbon market for its own profits.
I hear our colleague from Tennessee, Senator Alexander, continue to ask why not more nuclear, and I think the question is a fair one.
cap-and-trade programs might allow Wall Street to distort a carbon market for its own profits.
The fact is, over decades, many decades, the Federal Government has not met those promises and not kept its trust responsibility.
to continue to emphasize the United States Attorneys' trust responsibility to investigate and prosecute violent crimes in Indian Country, pa...
we will be, economically, very vulnerable without an adaptation plan.
we are pleased that the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009 we believe contains thoughtful provisions that address some of these issues.
We passed an adaptation bill out of this Committee last year, and I hope that we can do so again this year.
We are trying very hard on this Committee to find ways to improve law enforcement, to begin to push this Congress, push the Presidents to me...
Thank you very much for holding today's hearing to discuss VA's disability claims and appeals process.
We still have a lot of work to do, because I think the veterans often see that when they go to file a claim, the deck is stacked against the...
The problem begins in DOD where women--particularly, but also some men who are in combat--experience their records being notoriously incompl...
I am frequently reminded that a lot of veterans see the VA as their adversary, not as an advocate.
One piece of paper lost, one piece of evidence, is too many.
One of the things I hear from veterans all the time is that their paperwork is lost.
This is extremely important. I am hearing from a lot of women who have been in Iraq, some in Afghanistan, who have come home and do not have...
I have to say I am still--because I talk to veterans--really worried.
