My amendment is also supported by the TRSA, MAPPS, the Business Coalition for Fair Competition, and the American Conservative Union. Mr. Chairman, I will submit their statements in support for the Record. Submitted for the Record in…

Opponents may argue that this is a burden to place on the DOD when they are seeking to insource, but I believe that ensuring taxpayer dollars are well spent and that taxpayers are getting the best value for their money is hardly a burden…

In 2008, Congress passed legislation to suspend public-private competitions at the DOD through the OMB Circular A-76. That moratorium remains in place today. In 2009, the OMB issued a memorandum which regulated the move to insourcing at…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title XI, add the following: SEC. 1107. PROHIBITION ON CONVERTING THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN…

In closing, my amendment seeks to strike a balance. If the service is inherently governmental, it should be contracted out. If it is a commercial activity, the Federal Government owes it to the American taxpayer to get the best value, the…

The Catholic Church is still trying to live down condemning Galileo for suggesting that the Sun, instead of the Earth, was the center of the universe. But fortunately, our military and our President is on the right side of history and…

there has been a lot of conversation among many of us here in the Senate and last week in the Veterans' Affairs Committee about the circumstances we find ourselves in at the Department of Veterans Affairs and its ability to provide the…

I view it as nothing more than a price control. I think we have seen how that works in creating supply, and I think it is a very dangerous path that you are headed down.

What we need is action based upon the information that has already been provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

They earned and deserve that service, and in my view, the Department of Veterans Affairs is not providing those worthy veterans what we have committed to do.

VA is failing them. Please make certain, Senator Moran, that that does not continue.

I do not see a review that lasts 2 weeks using 220 employees and looking at 153 medical facilities as capable of providing that information.

I am pursuing legislation to change that so we can see what that report says.

The sad story is many veterans across the country... have lost hope in the Department of Veterans Affairs and just believe things are never going to get any better.

The answer is action by the Department of Veterans Affairs that changes the system you are leading.

Two asset managers were recently graduated to Stage 2 of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC's) review process for systemically important financial institutions.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Charlotte Linsner

I am here this afternoon to pay tribute to an exceptional woman in my hometown. She is retiring from a career of aiding victims of domestic violence across Northwest Kansas. Charlotte Linsner in Hays, KS, is concluding more than 25 years…