I think in many instances it's really that simple.

I strongly believe that greater access to Lifeline benefits will provide support for veterans in need.

It is in a long-term sense pro-business, pro-jobs, because it enables people who play by the rules to have a level playing field.

I raised the mobile cramming issue and asked several of you if you would commit to initiating an FCC rulemaking.

All carriers should be required to protect consumers from deceitful practices and stop anyone from profiting from them.

What these rules do--laws, regulations, rules--is essentially protect good guys in business from the unfair competition of people who break the law.

Cramming is fraud. It's digital age pick-pocketing, and it's good that we've had consent decrees with carriers that have allowed it to occur.

Turning back to the Ukraine, how significant is the issue of corruption there in your view?

A number of witnesses before this committee from the Department of Defense have characterized submarines as one of our chief asymmetric points of dominance.

In the fiscal year 2016 NDAA, Congress authorized $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

I am here today to urge this body to fulfill its constitutional duty and take action on the Supreme Court nominee who shortly will be submitted by President Obama. I come here not only as a U.S. Senator but also as a former Federal…

I am not criticizing the use of pain killers properly by the group of doctors, and they are probably the vast majority, who are doing the right thing.

I have seen their destructive effect on families, on communities, on our society.

Let me emphasize a couple of points. First of all, the bill that I have introduced applies to physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

It is a project that needs to be completed. It needs to be completed as soon as possible. There is simply no question about it.

The IB recommends for 2018, overall for medical care, our recommendation is about $77 billion for medical services alone.

That may be a key to involving more women in seeking health care through the VA system, the availability of women physicians.

Thanks to all of you for being here today. Thank you for your service.

If Congress accepts that the current VA appeals process is broken and that the status quo is unacceptable for Veterans, then there is a choice to be made.

Connecticut, I am very delighted to say, is at the forefront of that effort, in fact, announced just last week that we have ended homelessness for veterans in Connecticut.

I am still concerned that the culture of the VA and the ability to welcome female veterans and provide health care services to them in a sensitive and tailored manner may not be keeping pace with the number and the needs of those veterans.

This legislation would modernize the veteran appeals process, better serving veterans, taxpayers, and the Nation for years to come.

This line will create a huge number of jobs and make it easier for commuters to get across Connecticut and travel through New England.

I agree with you completely about fixing the Hudson, making sure that tunnel is workable, important not only to New York and its financial district but really to the whole Northeast Corridor.

I want to first just mention the elephant in the room, which is the potential hurdles and obstacles to approval of this budget in the potential gridlock and paralysis in the budget process overall.