Tammy Duckworth

The VFW believes that unemployment in the veterans' community cannot be solved through post-military intervention alone.

The VFW believes that we can do more, which is why we are proud to support Representative Tammy Duckworth's bill.

This legislation continues the progress being made at getting military work skills translated and recognized in the civilian work area.

H.R. 1796, Troop Talent Act of 2013 sponsored by Representative Tammy Duckworth is a veterans employment measure to design to ease servicemembers transitions to civilian employment.

Her personal military experience as an officer afforded her countless professional development opportunities while on active duty.

We are proud to support Representative Duckworth's Troop Talent Act and its companion bill in the Senate.

Shame on you, Mr. Castillo. Shame on you. You may not have broken any law; we're not sure yet. You did misrepresent to the SBA.

I also understand why--you know, something can take years to manifest themselves from when you hurt them.

I can understand pain and suffering and how service connection can actually cause long-term, unremitting, unyielding, unstoppable pain.

So it seems like there is an opportunity here for some legislative fixes to the system.

I want to support our small-business owners as much as possible. I want these set-asides to be successful.

I have real fear that we are going to get to a place, if we just reply purely on the dollars part of it, that we're going to start cutting a lot of these programs that only government can do because it's not in business' best interest to…

I feel that there are some inherently government functions that even the best business models cannot address.

I applaud your efforts to bring more accountability, efficiency and transparency to the Federal contracting process.

I thank the chairman and the ranking member for your attention to this matter, and I hope that we can work together to ensure that management of this program is improved. I yield back the balance of my time.

I would rather my dollars at the gas pump go to American innovation and research, and supporting American biofuels than to Middle Eastern oil any day.

I agree that while not perfect, the RFS is a critically important and promising policy for our Nation's energy future.

Health insurance availability and costs are a huge concern for small businesses, and in my district I have a large percentage of small businesses.

The best thing that we can do is to put aside politics and take a hard look at the facts of what went wrong

With a declining defense budget, particularly in the Research & Development accounts, I am concerned we are mortgaging the Army's future requirements and capabilities to address short-term needs.

I would like to commend the Army for establishing a firm requirement for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) and for successful completion of the Material Development Decision.

Recognizing the importance of an Operational Reserve force, can you speak to how you will implement concurrent modernization of Guard and Reserve equipment inventories at the same rate as Active Duty?

Well, I actually flew the oldest flying Black Hawk in the Army inventory, a 1976 model, fourth off the production line.

I want to commend the Army for establishing a firm requirement for the Improved Turbine Engine Program.

What are U.S. forces doing to provide necessary support to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to: increase recruitment of women in the ANSF; ensure female mentors for women in the ANSF; monitor how women are assigned and…