Since 2000, there has been an issue with regard to the shortnose sturgeon, and NOAA has made a recommendation--very late in the game, I might add--that the solution to the shortnose sturgeon spawning at the new Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam…

before the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire leaves the floor, I want to commend her on a number of things, but most important is her hard work with me and many others on the biennial budget bill, which we hope will come to the…

There is no question that the Senator is correct. We are predictably unpredictable here. We need to be predictably predictable when it comes to the efficiencies we can bring about and how we spend our money. We need to do what people do…

in the South we have an old saying: If you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, stop digging. We are at that point. We accomplished some amazing things in the last 3, 4 weeks. I commend the House on the cuts that have taken place, but we…

Without question, I believe that the VA disability claims system is broken.

Thank you very much and thanks to you both for your service.

Today, we will discuss the qualifications of the nominees to serve in two demanding roles at the Veterans Administration.

Arlington must become known as a place of comfort to families, efficiency of administration, and a model of customer service equal to that of VA's National Cemeteries.

As you know, we discovered in Georgia that veterans were being overcharged on closing fees on VA refinances by some lenders.

That is totally unacceptable, and it has to change.

It is broken when we have nearly one million veterans currently caught in a backlog that continues to climb.

It is broken when we have veterans waiting an average of 190 days for a claim to be adjudicated.