I am grateful to have the opportunity to represent part of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives and certainly representing more specifically the veterans who have so sacrificially served.

I have since sent or signed onto seven additional letters regarding this proposal.

I want to thank Chairman Miller. Thank you for holding this hearing today.

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the need to strengthen American families and enhance workplace flexibility, and I am very pleased to be joined here on the floor of the Senate this morning by my good friend the…

This bill is a necessary repair for our vets' damage that was caused by VA workers who were willing to allow veterans to die by denying them care, ostensibly to receive a bonus. Leave no doubt that this is a patch and that the VA requires…

today I wish to honor the life and sacrifice of U.S. Army SSG Benjamin G. Prange, who was killed in action on July 24 while serving in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Prange ``Ben'' to his friends and family--was a soldier…

I submitted a question for the record on the impacts of the hours-of-service rules.

I hope you also heard that I declined the chairmanship.

Everyone here is looking for ways that we can make our roads safer.

I thank the gentleman from Texas, my good friend, Congressman Gohmert. I appreciate your yielding, and I appreciate your willingness to engage in the most important dialogues facing our Nation night after night. Thank you again for…

At this time, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), the full committee chair.

At this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from southern Florida (Mr. Jolly).

if America is going to achieve a robust and a very full recovery, American businesswomen will be the ones playing an important role in that.

I find that very concerning.

I introduced recently a microfinance bill which I think will help not just women entrepreneurs but all Americans in helping small businesses to grow.

I thank the Natural Resources Committee for moving this bill and also to the gentleman from Montana for his remarks. Under Federal reclamation law, irrigation districts which receive water from a Bureau of Reclamation facility must repay…

Climate change does not directly cause conflict, but it can significantly add to the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict.

I rise today to set the record straight. Since the Supreme Court ruled on the Hobby Lobby case, a flood of misinformation has spread, distorting the true meaning of the Court's decision. We have seen a misrepresentation of the case, I…