Over the last years, you have been really following this closely, and I compliment you for your dedication on making sure the right thing is done for our veterans.

Thank you for your work on that.

My concern, as I stated earlier, is that schedule delays might result in a veteran... being denied access to the high level of care.

Last week, we learned something shocking and appalling. The Iranian Government wants to appoint a terrorist as their Ambassador to the United Nations, a man who participated in the 1979 terrorist attack on our Embassy in Tehran. This is…

I want to thank the gentleman from Texas for his leadership in getting this time tonight so that we can talk about this important issue. Mr. Speaker, last week, we learned something shocking and appalling. The Iranian government wants to…

the Russians are flagrantly in violation of the Budapest Memorandum concerning Ukraine.

How could President Obama's and Secretary Hillary Clinton's highly touted Russian reset have failed so spectacularly?

I hope that what you did wrong wasn't to think that authoritarian regimes respond to reason rather than to strength.

I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his leadership on this and many other issues, and I thank him for putting this time together. Whenever anyone says it is a do-nothing Congress, they are only half right. It is actually a…

Director Ashe, your agency announced in December that you were going to start issuing licenses to kill for eagles.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2824, the Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act. This critical piece of legislation, which was introduced by Representative Bill…

I thank the full committee chairman. Mr. Chairman, my colleagues on the other side seem to continue living in the past. This bill isn't about the Bush administration. This bill is about the rampant failure of the Obama administration and…

Why did it take the Fish and Wildlife Service until December 13, 7 months after the request was sent, for this memo to be provided to us?

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert) and also the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler) for putting this time together tonight. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties as they…

I thank both of the gentlemen for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we just need to adopt H.R. 2824 and the rule supporting it. This is a good piece of legislation. Unfortunately, this administration is waging what appears to many of us to be a war…

Iran continues to support terrorism and instability around the world.

Israel would much better be able to meet its security needs if that part of the Obama budget were increased by $350 million.

Well, I thank my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from Missouri, for her leadership on this issue and for putting this time together. This is an important topic. Mr. Speaker, I hear from Coloradans every day who are struggling just to…

Chaplains are not only members of the Armed Forces but also representatives of faith groups.

If the chain of command has veto power over the content of religious speech in the military, would the core of the chaplaincy be compromised?

Chaplains should be free to prepare and deliver sermons or teachings according to the faith traditions of their endorsing agency without interference from a commander.

41 years ago, the Supreme Court issued its tragic ROE v. WADE decision that legalized abortion on demand in the United States. Since that ruling there have been about 56 million abortions performed. This abhorrent practice remains one of…

I just want to make sure that no one ends up blaming them or in case the VA has procedures that need to be improved.

a physician who stated that vendor representatives were present during the application of skin grafts at this VA medical center told us that he did not know what the official vendor policy was at the VA medical center, and that he was not…

And I want to thank you for having this important hearing and for your work on this issue.