I have sponsored legislation with my colleague, Senator Blunt, to--it is called the Veteran PEER Act, legislation that would establish peer specialists in patient-aligned care teams within VA medical centers to do this kind of outreach.

I think that the knowledge about them is also lacking.

Now is the test of his commitment, and I think that applies to issues like the Veterans Crisis Line.

I was, indeed, the lead Democratic cosponsor on the Clay Hunt bill along with Senator John McCain on the Republican side and believe that it was a start, only a first step in this effort. Much more needs to be done.

I hope I can be generous in pushing West Haven to a higher level on the list.

I would respectfully request that you address this issue with the urgency that I think is required here.

I thought it was wrong that we were not providing access, we are letting them out there.

I want to just give a shout-out to the very dedicated men and women who work for the VA in Connecticut.

Thank you all for your willingness to serve.

It would also be counter to our safety mission, as it would cruelly and unfairly have us pit vulnerable populations against each other when it comes to making safety decisions.

This Executive Order does not apply to independent agencies, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

market value decreases are a penalty not for the management that violated consumer trust, it falls on the shareholders.

The sale of any car, any car, with an unrepaired safety recall is a threat to public safety.

I want to make sure that we are protecting consumers and holding companies accountable.

I have just received, as a matter of fact, while the Chairman was asking his questions, a response to a letter that I wrote to Equifax asking a number of detailed questions regarding the data breach.

I hope to fill that gap with legislation, I'm going to be introducing it this week, that would ensure that the FTC can investigate any data breach and exercise oversight and deter these kinds of breaches through negligent or careless…

I think all of you, I hope all of you, would agree that restitution is often appropriate even where there is no precise or provable harm to consumers.

Congress has long empowered and directed the FTC to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive acts or practices, and unfair methods of competition.

Antitrust enforcement is extremely important for the free market to work, giving consumer choices, keeping prices down.

I thank the majority leader for yielding me this time before we close business today, as the last speaker of the day. Let me first of all say how deeply we feel about folks who have been affected by these mammoth storms in the gulf coast…

I just believe that the legislation being considered today is the wrong answer to an important question.

Your legislation will help bring justice to victims and their families and protect vulnerable women and children.

there are times when the United States Department of Justice fails to be as aggressive as it should be either because it doubts the legal merits of a potential prosecution or a civil claim, or it simply lacks the leadership to do so, and…

Don't let sex trafficking or our children believe that we're going to allow people who traffic in sex with our kids hide in plain sight on the Internet.

This increase in sex trafficking is a stain on our national character.