Anecdotally, what we are finding is that veterans are telling us that they are basically being given the stiff arm by human resource managers.

I am going to be advocating a measure, as I did last session, that forbids such discrimination.

Post-traumatic stress.

I think this Nation is failing to address the transition problems of our veterans coming out of the service.

That number, that prediction is simply--beyond unacceptable. It is simply an outrage if it comes to pass.

I commend the efforts of all of our companies that are doing more in this area.

I want to thank all the members of the panel. This has really been an excellent panel, and there are a lot more questions that I would have.

I am very proud to have him here. Thank you so much for making the trip.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dr. Kelly, as I mentioned, I think that there needs to be a particularly energetic focus on our women veterans.

The finger pointing and blame gaming I think really has to stop.

We must ensure that women are welcome and encouraged to fully utilize VA services.

If the shooter in Charleston had been barred, as he should have been because he was ineligible, rather than having the opportunity to purchase weapons as a result of the 72-hour rule loophole, it might have made a difference there. We…

Thank you, Madam President. I am honored to follow my colleague and friend Senator Murphy in an effort that has involved both of us, our minds and our hearts, from the day we stood together on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Sandy Hook. We…

I ask unanimous consent for just 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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I was absolutely astonished to learn that the prices of Narcan have gone up by 50, 100, 150 percent...

we talk in this Chamber every day about the threat of terrorism and many associated terrorist threats with airplanes and explosives, but we have seen in recent horrifying events in Paris and in San Bernardino how much tragic carnage can be…

Thanks. Let me begin where Senator Cotton ended and thank you for having this hearing.

The subject at hand here has absolutely sweeping ramifications because we are talking not only about price spikes in some drugs...

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I want to thank my colleagues from Oklahoma and California for this exchange of views, and most particularly I want to thank my colleague from the State of Washington for the amendment that she has offered that would, in effect, remove or…

I want to know how that money is necessary and what specifically it will be used to do.

I would appreciate if you gave me whatever information that you can, hopefully in the next very near future.

What kinds of mechanisms will you put in place to assure that there is education of those patients?

This task of consolidating and reorganizing community care and the patchwork of programs we have now is certainly an urgent one and apparently a very expensive one.