I think another good reason is we are currently running deficits that we have never seen in the history of our country.

Most states incorporate either a statute or an amendment and I would say unequivocally they run a better show than we do here

If you are in charge of a program but not giving people enough time, do you see how the frustration we all have that we put these forward?

if you cut short the time of the 365 days and the SkillBridge program takes time in order to ramp up, then in essence, you are eliminating a program that is successful.

Most states incorporate either a statute or an amendment and I would say unequivocally they run a better show than we do here

I think another good reason is we are currently running deficits that we have never seen in the history of our country.

With more than 400,000 employees nationwide, and the second largest budget in the federal government, VA employees are the lifeblood of the healthcare and benefits that we provide our veterans.

Congress provided many new authorities under the Choice Act, the VA Accountability Act and the Mission Act and the PACT Act, but we have not seen any data on the extent of which the VA is using all these authorities.

If there is any way legislatively we can work with you to do that, please let us know.

Even with the enactment of the PACT Act, which has provided VA with a broad range of new authorities to aid in recruiting and retaining staff, we continue to hear that VA is experiencing issues.

I am proud to co-sponsor, along with Ranking Member Brownley, of H.R. 1322, the Bipartisan Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act, which will provide equal pay and retirement benefits for all Federal law enforcement officers.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 8 minutes prior to the rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Kendi also in his book he stated that capitalism is essentially racist, so at one point you wanted to teach our kids Ibram X. Kendi's findings.

The 1619 project teaches that Abraham Lincoln is a white supremacist. Is Abraham Lincoln a white supremacist?

This administration would take away school lunches from kids who need that lunch, maybe the only warm meal that they might ever get because of the radical agenda of this administration.

I was just hoping you would tell us you backtracked on it because ultimately you came to the conclusion that it is inappropriate to teach our kids critical race theory.

You took it out. Did you take it out because you decided ultimately that what they are teaching is inappropriate to teach our kids?

Cpl Marion ``Wayne'' Saucerman--there he is. He graduated from Dugger High School in Sullivan County, IN, in 1943. Two days later, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. This is a decision he made after he listened to reports of the attack on…