I would point out to you that one of the things that we are working on is expanding the opportunity of the G.I. Bill of Rights for purposes of entrepreneurship.

What I would like to hear you say is to confirm that you understand there still is a role despite all these other things the VA might do for allowing veterans to access health care in their home communities because of distance or because…

I want to tell you about a brave lady named Ellie, whom I met a few years ago in Kansas. This is her story. One Tuesday morning, back in 1973, she opened up her local newspaper to read about a U.S. Supreme Court decision that shocked her…

I appreciate my colleague from Georgia yielding me time to discuss this rule and the underlying issue. I do want to report that it was 229 years ago that the Virginia General Assembly ratified the Virginia statute for religious freedom…

Current Federal regulations known as the 'Common Rule' permit the use of de-identified or anonymous human biospecimens for research without obtaining the donor's informed consent.

My attempt to ask more than one question or talk to more than one witness failed, despite my efforts to combine all my questions into one.

Today I spoke on the steps of the Supreme Court as it heard arguments on whether more than 50 million Americans who voted to affirm marriage as between one man and one woman should have their voices snuffed out by as few as five unelected…

Despite the word labor being in the title of this bill, in my view, the real focus of this legislation is another word in this bill, sovereignty.

The National Labor Relations Board decision to apply the National Labor Relations Act to Indian Tribes has increased costs and uncertainty.

In my view they do, and I hope today's hearing will affirm that to be the case.

the importance of sovereignty. A reason for sovereignty is for Native Americans, Indian Tribes to make decisions based upon Indian customs.

this bill is about the issue of sovereignty.

Tribal sovereignty is an essential key to enhancing tribal self-determination and self-governance.

It is not the place of the Federal Government to impinge upon the authority of sovereign tribes.

We have been asking for the technical relief embodied in S. 248, and are indebted to you, Mr. Chairman, and especially, to Senator Jerry Moran, for joining us in our efforts to fix this grievous error by the NLRB.

This legislation is crucial for the economic development of Indian tribes and their ability to create jobs.

this week we are going to, in my view, deal with one of the most concerning, one of the most dangerous, one of the most treacherous issues we will face--that I will face as a Member of the U.S. Senate and, certainly, has been in the short…

Industry steals your employees but they need you.