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throughout its history, the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA, has made great strides in medical research. At a time when VA's medical and prosthetic research program is being starved of vital funding, as ranking member of the Committee…
The tax cuts authorized in this resolution total $1.3 trillion over the next 10 years. Over the same 10 years, the Federal budget will run deficits totaling $1.4 trillion. The priority of those supporting this resolution is crystal clear…
on behalf of a large number of our colleagues--Senators Kerry, Mikulski, Murray, Dorgan, Dayton, Daschle, Johnson, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Bingaman, Clinton, Biden, Edwards, Rockefeller, Akaka, and my colleague Senator Nelson of Florida--I…
there is no linkage between the January action of cutting off veterans from enrolling in VA health care services and the costs which the VA is legally obligated to assume for service personnel who will be returning from the second gulf …
it seems the issue now is not whether we are going to meet this responsibility which we have taken on ourselves by a vote of this Senate and the House of Representatives to provide to returning combat veterans, men and women who actually…
I want to read one of the recommendations from the joint inquiry committee. It is recommendation No. 15: The President should review and consider amendments to the Executive Orders, policies and procedures that govern the national security…
Having said that, I believe the standard for the kind of information the Senate has a right and a need for in order to be able to carry out its advise and consent function is not an ideological or even a precedential standard but, rather…
I extend to you and to my colleagues deep appreciation from me and my family for the many expressions of concern and best wishes which have flowed to us over the past 6 weeks. I report to the Senate that this is my second day back on the…
100 years ago tomorrow, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered that a small island in Florida's Indian River be forever protected as a ``preserve and breeding ground for native birds.'' With this simple promise of wildlife protection, the…
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