Thank you, Senator Pryor, for holding this important hearing.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 3814, which extends the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 2011. I feel like we're deja vu all over again. We've done this several…

I am very proud to be a co-sponsor of the 1991 Agent Orange Law and I still am.

Men and women who put their lives on the line should not have to sue their own government for the benefits that they are entitled to and that they earned.

I believe that some will suggest that a new standard of causation, rather than positive association, is more appropriate.

When this Nation needed these young men and women to go into harm's way, they went.

I am confident that you labored over this decision and sought wise counsel.

If given the choice between tax cuts for the rich and paying for care for our veterans, we on this Committee have a fairly clear choice about priorities.

I believe the underlying unspoken issue here today that some will talk about and some may not want to is cost.

The debate--this debate is about a presumption decisionmaking process rather than meeting the health care needs of veterans.

We must serve our veterans. We have the resources and the ability to fulfill our obligations to care for them.

I come from a coal State where we have something called black lung.

To minimize data breaches, deter identity theft and protect consumers, Senator Pryor and I introduced S. 3742, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010.

Thank you, Senator Pryor, for holding this hearing, and I want to commend you for your continued, excellent stewardship of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee.

I do think that this hearing also suggests some other issues for Senator Rockefeller and the full Committee.

The growth of Dulles has benefited my constituents.

this country deserves better than that, deserves better stewardship, better management, it just deserves better from all of us.

What we need is an authority, because if we have an authority they can bond.