Steve Buyer: “I thank the two gentlemen and look forward to working with you as we go to conference. Amendment Offered by Mr. Flake”

It should not be lost on the committee that of the five commissioners, all of us have had military service, we are military retirees, we have served this Nation in war and in peace.

Horrific to be imprisoned for a crime that I did not commit

I only wish your conference had made you chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, I really do, because you and I could have done a lot of great things together. In reality, the unwritten history will be the success of the committee…

I have never done this before on the House floor with anyone in my 18 years, but I am going to ask this of Chairman Filner: Would the gentleman ask that this legislation be pulled from the floor at this time so we may work out the details…