Robert T. Schilling

It is our responsibility as a Nation to take care of them when they return.

I truly believe you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its veterans.

We also must keep in mind the fact that we will have a new group of veterans entering into the VA system with needs that are different from the past veterans group.

I truly believe that you can tell a lot about the country by the way they treat their veterans.

At a time when rural populations are looking for new ways to grow our communities, our voice must be stronger than ever.

Regardless of whether or not you believe Congress should be getting a pension, I hope that we can all agree that Members of Congress who do elect to receive the pension benefits should not be able to do so before their constituents can…

I have talked to many of my constituents about this issue and am hard pressed to recall one person that believes Congress should receive a pension.

When I ran for office, I made a contract with the people of the 17th District of Illinois, and one of the elements of this contract was to reject the congressional pension.

A lot of times our government tends to see something and then overreact to it, and move too rapidly.