the reason that most of us believe that this is a really political issue for this President is because when he chose to overhaul the healthcare system, when he chose to go after the big banks, the Too Big to Fail, when he chose a lot of…

Why didn't he do it before the election? Because broadly he knew it's a political issue.

what does it say when we're going to avoid the rule of law in this country?

This is concerning on many levels, and the problem that I have with the biggest part here is the fact that this has gotten mixed up into immigration.

Mr. President, on Sunday night a great Georgian and a personal friend of mine passed away from this life. At the age of 89, former Governor Carl Sanders died in Atlanta, GA, at Piedmont Hospital. Governor Sanders was Governor of Georgia…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for up to 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is recognized. ____________________

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Victor Allen Bolden, of Connecticut, to be…

Mr. President, on Saturday night of last week, Georgia, Atlanta, and America lost a great citizen. Herman J. Russell was one of the greatest African-American business leaders and civil rights leaders the world has ever known. He passed…

Mr. Speaker, this is not the kind of vehicle that you want to see cruising the streets of your neighborhood. This is not a police cruiser. And while walking the streets of your neighborhood, you don't want to see these kinds of…

I think it was too big and it collapses under its own weight.

It's not the president's right to dictate with the newly elected Congress that has repudiated his policies in the election.

The constitution doesn't say the president should obey the law until he gets frustrated.

Every time it's been done in the past it has.

Madam Speaker, last month, in October, I had a young lady, Jessica Huber, and her father come to my Round Rock office and tell me a great story of survival. I am introducing legislation on behalf of this 13-year-old, Jessica Huber of…

I'm proud to have worked with Chairman Miller, Rep. Duckworth, a combat veteran herself, IAVA, and the VFW to introduce this bipartisan, important legislation.

With the increasing number of female veterans, the VA must expand its care and services to meet their needs.

I was proud to work with Chairman Miller and Representative Tim Walz on H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act

The motto of the Veterans Administration comes straight from Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural.