It is better to build boys than mend men.

it would be a great law to say that, upon reaching the age of 18, every foster child in America had to read your story because you are a role model and a mentor by the way you have lived your life, and you are to be commended for doing…

I want you, in this meeting, to tell me that you will do everything you can to not perpetrate a rule regarding investment in savings and retirement.

I was concerned because I thought that the Magner was an undesirable factual context in which to consider disparate impact.

I have legislation with Ms. Landreiu and some others to amend that, because I think we need to revisit that medical loss ratio rule and see what effect it actually has on people getting credible information from people who make a living…

The Veterans Benefits Management System request is for $155 million in this year's budget. Is that right?

I want to follow up just a second on what Senator Johanns was talking about on leases.

We should never shortchange those benefits, or look at it as an efficiency or a savings.

The fact that nearly 70 percent of claims are pending longer than 125 days is completely unacceptable.

Clearly, that effort should have begun a decade ago, or longer, and not just 4 years ago.

I never want a veteran's negative experience with the claims system to prevent him or her from seeking mental health care.

I share that concern, as I believe do many Americans.