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Mr. President, I first want to commend and salute the work that has been done already on this legislation by the senior Senator from Maine and for her leadership. Senator Collins appropriately focused on the issue of jobs and jobs…
Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to my colleague, Max Baucus. Senator Baucus has been a leader in the areas of tax, trade, health, agriculture and the environment. I have served with him on the Finance Committee and the…
Philip Seymour Hoffman, a gifted and talented actor, didn't have to die. His death is all too common. In the past 6 years, heroin use has doubled, with 1 million ER visits and several thousand deaths that will occur this year from an…
Yesterday the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, CBO, issued a report stating the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, will slow economic growth over the next decade substantially more than previously predicted…
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Agricultural Act of 2014, a 5-year farm bill reauthorization, with bipartisan support by a vote of 251-166. This farm bill is a big win for the Nation's economy and will support jobs…
Madam President, today I wish to recognize the Pittsburgh Opera on their 75th anniversary. Since its founding by five dedicated women in 1939, the Pittsburgh Opera has consistently worked to foster new generations of artists and fans by…
Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. It is a day we remember those lost to this disease while recommitting ourselves and our efforts to eradicating it. This World Cancer Day, people across the globe will speak out in one unified voice…
This inconsistency makes absolutely no sense and leaves the VA off the hook. In other words, this bill holds VA facilities accountable to the same standards as other medical facilities located in the same State. This just makes sense. Now…
Today I rise to welcome encouraging news from the Army on a problem our military has faced for over a decade, the increase of suicides. It was announced today that, for the first time since 2004, suicides in the Army have decreased. In…
``Sonny'' Calcagno, age 85; John Ciarolla, age 83; Clark Compston, age 74; John McChesney, age 63; William Nicklas, age 87; and ``Mitch'' Wanstreet, age 65 are the victims of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the Pittsburgh VA health…
Today the House passed a new 5-year farm bill reauthorization with bipartisan support. The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act will provide food security for our Nation's citizens, ensuring that Americans have access to…
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I won't take that much. Overall, this farm bill also assures that all Americans have access to affordable, high-quality, and safe food.
When we needed bipartisan action to lower costs and improve health care, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act on a party-line vote. Given the growing number of failures that have been revealed since the law's implementation began, it is…
This is appalling that we are even at this point in talking about this providing health care for women. I am really shocked. If we are not providing the best possible medical help for expectant mothers and their unborn child, that is not…
Today I rise to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 31, which is located in State College, Pennsylvania, Juniata Valley Council, Centre County, proudly within the Pennsylvania Fifth Congressional District. With Troop 31…
Last week the Drudge Report featured an article with a striking headline, ``The World's Most Ancient Christian Communities Are Being Destroyed--and No One Cares.'' This sentiment was expressed in no uncertain terms yesterday at an event in…
Congressman Jim Langevin and I serve as the cochair for the bipartisan Career and Technical Education, or the CTE, Caucus. During the two previous Congresses, we worked to raise awareness of the importance of career and technical…
I thank the gentlelady from Arizona and would also like to commend her on her comments regarding the Guard. Specifically, for me as an Army aviator, one of the main topics of discussion in the reduction of forces in the Guard is Army-Guard…