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Each night approximately 131,000 veterans, the men and women who have served our country are among the Nation's homeless.

Future funding for homeless veteran programs must continue to focus on providers that offer provide job skill training and transitional services.

I was proud to support H.R. 1171, as amended the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program Re-authorization Act of 2009.

But what sticks out the most about Anne is her proven capacity to build consensus among a broad range of stakeholders.

We need somebody who is capable of finding pragmatic solutions to difficult problems and building broad consensuses.

I have the pleasure of introducing an extraordinary Coloradan, Ms. Anne Castle for confirmation to the important post of Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.

I believe having a Westerner, especially one who is one of the Nation's foremost experts on water and natural resource law leading the fight offers a unique chance for success.

I introduced House Resolution 1879, the 'National Guard Employment and Protection Act,' in order to extend the same reemployment protections given to National Guardsman.

If the National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2009 is not passed, National Guard members may be forced to chose between keeping their civilian jobs and serving our Nation.

I simply think that it is wrong to expect someone who has served their country and been injured as a result of that service be penalized because we as a government are putting them back in uniform.

I thank Chairwoman Herseth-Sandlin and Ranking Member Boozman for the opportunity to advance this bill.

I introduced H.R. 1168 which authorizes $100 million per year to provide a living stipend and moving assistance to veterans.

H.R. 2180 represents a common-sense solution to a problem that I do not think anyone anticipated.

Our citizen soldiers fight to protect our Nation and our freedom and the very least we can do is protect their rights to serve and also retain livelihood for themselves and their families.

I mean, I don't think there's any question about that. And that was put in the TARP II legislation that we passed to the Senate, that's still sitting over there.

Is there a need for a strategy to rapidly develop and deliver cyber capabilities for the Air Force missions?

I voted against the second disbursement of the TARP money because I believed the immediate crisis had been mitigated.