This is a commonsense amendment that will secure this for veterans and make sure we are not paying for disabilities for those who are not truly service connected, that are not based on science or causation. I know it is a tough vote, but…

I wish to make one point. The Institute of Medicine did not recommend this. As a matter of fact, their recommendation was that causality ought to be the only way in which we would do this. I would ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Arizona. We want to make sure any veteran who has a positive causation factor from any aspect that would lead to any disability, that we meet that need. That is not what this is about. This has…

Mr. President, let me update my colleague. I do plan to call up this amendment, and I do plan to ask for a vote on it because it is important. I will call up the amendment in a moment. What has happened--the Senator from Arizona has had…

Mr. President, the answer is that the Senator is absolutely correct. We have a lot of science that shows causation with this herbicide and disease. We have made the assumption that any other association should fall into that same category…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require evidence of causal relationships for…

Yes, I will. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I want to make it clear that in this amendment there is no desire to deprive someone who was actually exposed to this herbicide called Agent Orange and suffered physical consequences as a result…

We have two distinctly different views. And it's not just Republican or Democrat views. One group sees the impending crisis as whether we're going to vote to increase the debt ceiling and all the crisis is based around August 2. The other…

There has never been a case of groundwater contamination as a result of that practice.

Ms. Wodder's support for regulatory advancement suggests that she would do the opposite.

This is the thing I like about this committee. You can totally disagree with everything the other guy stands for and love him anyway.

These strict regulatory approaches are costly and have questionable environmental gains attached to them.

the upcoming announcement by the EPA to tighten the ozone standard, which would ruin Oklahoma's and the broader American economy.

Let me further say that the Obama-EPA's water policies represent an aggressive, heavy handed, top down approach to regulation.

I strongly oppose EPA's actions here and sincerely hope that they listen to the 40 other members who joined me in requesting that they abandon any additional actions on this document.

the United States of America has the largest recoverable reserves in oil, natural gas and coal than any country in the world.

We do not believe Fish and Wildlife is responsible for the regulation of greenhouse gases.

I would be very concerned about these efforts in all of the various regulatory bodies.