Mark Kirk

I think all of those orders should have come to the United States.

I would say to my colleagues I am for Ex-Im Bank picking winners and losers, and those winners should be Americans.

I would say that I have bipartisan support for this legislation, including Mr. Blount, Manchin, Scott, and now Mr. Blumenthal.

The goal of this legislation is to make sure that the transition between active duty to VA is as seamless as possible knowing that veterans are going to care for veterans better than anybody else.

The Frontlines to Lifelines Act makes it easier for veterans with medical training to care for their fellow veterans.

I would like to recognize the presence of the world's best ranking member, Mr. Tester, on the VA MILCON Subcommittee of Appropriations.

I would definitely say that Eximbank plays in Peoria.

This aircraft has now been booked 400 times over, representing billions in sales lost by the United States.

For our State, which could ill afford to lose any more, this is the impact on the country.

It shows exactly what happens when we leave the battlefield to the other team.

I personally believe their bill is a good start.

This subcommittee has added $18,500,000 to the U.S. Marshals to combat these gangs.

I want to encourage you very strongly to work with Zach Fardon, our U.S. attorney there, to make sure that the RICO prosecutions that we have underway, that we can prosecute gangs of national significance.

I have put forward Kirk's pretty good plan, that all imagery be a JPEG and all documents be an MS Word.

This whole idea of the blue button, where individuals can get their own electronic health record, would be enormously beneficial if it was actually seamlessly reduced to practice.

I think we really need to get this right to make sure that we do not regulate the insurance companies like banks, which could put our insurance industry at a serious competitive disadvantage.

If the Senator would yield, let me just add I would associate my comments with Senator Baldwin, because a lot of Illinois veterans would use the Tomah facility. We want to make sure we fix the candy store, it was called.

I will make it simple for you, my position is Cory Gardner's position, to make sure that you work very closely with Senator Gardner.

Let me add on, with the drug, we would not need a liver transplant.

I, too, want to thank you for working with many of us on the 40-mile rule to change it from as the crow flies to actual driving distance.

I would say finish constructing the medical complex under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers.

I want to make sure we do not wipe out the Choice Act money for the overrun in Denver, that we stand by our veterans there.

With that $1.73 billion, Denver Hospital will take up so much money, funding for MILCON for our missile defense for 7.9 years, it would also take up 4 years of MILCON for Special Operations.

I would say that your proposal has been to take $1 billion from the Choice Act to sink into this thing, and that would eliminate about 20 percent of the Care Act money.

If they insist on having different standards, we will go with just the VA standards, that will force the two bureaucracies to agree on a common standard, and it will be a VA standard.