This legislation would mandate that servicemembers be given the choice to take one of the tracks as part of the mandatory portion of TAP, and will assist them in meeting their specific transition goal.

These are all important goals and I appreciate everyone here for all of your hard work on behalf of our Nation's veterans.

It makes all the sense in the world, and I hope that we can get that done in the sense that I think it is so important that we move government, you know, into this century.

Mr. President, I also wish to take a pause. It seems as though for the last several weeks on a very regular basis storms have been ravaging the country and different events have been occurring where we have had cause to pause, and…

Mr. President, I am very much appreciative of the Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Nevada having this very important discussion. Washington tends to operate inside a bubble where one can easily forget just how much Main Street…

We can come to the right conclusion in a lot of different ways.

The Water Resources Research Act is one of the most effective Federal research programs when it comes to leveraging investment.

It really does affect so many of our constituents throughout America.

Mr. President, there is currently no national memorial dedicated to the valor and sacrifices made by those members of our Armed Forces who honorably fought, and in some cases made the ultimate sacrifice, in Operations Desert Shield and…

Nutrient trading has the potential to help achieve reasonable water quality goals at the lowest possible cost.

I strongly believe that States should be in the driver's seat when it comes to considering the nutrient levels of their waterways.