Jeff Miller: “on rollcall No. 407, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''”

I think that they have put the secretary basically in a box. They won't let him get out and speak. We haven't heard anything from him on this particular issue.

I rise today to recognize Israel's right to defend itself and to express my desire for a peaceful and lasting resolution to the current conflict. In September of 2005, the Israeli government completed an evacuation of all Israeli citizens…

The heavy burden of some of our servicemembers that they bear in coping with the aftermath of combat is tragically evident in the death of Army Specialist Joshua Lee Omvig. Specialist Omvig was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve 339th…

Where would it be more needed than to prevent the deaths of veterans? These are real people that we're talking about that are being harmed, either made sick, will be sick in the future or had died.