I rise today to continue the conversation that I have just appreciated hearing from my colleague from Texas, Senator Cornyn. I am once again on the floor to call attention to and express my great concern for the continuing humanitarian and…
Jerry Moran
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Jerry Wesley Moran is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kansas since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Moran has focused on various issues during his tenure, including veterans' affairs, agriculture, and economic development. He has been an advocate for ensuring veterans have access to quality healthcare and has worked on legislation to improve the services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
I thank my colleague from Texas Senator Cruz, and I appreciate his leadership. He is here to make the effort to see that we reauthorize, on a temporary basis, the FAA. He is absolutely right; it has to be done before the end of the year…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Kansas.
the list of things that we can do but haven't done is extensive. It is long. We need to chip away at that list and get our work done as 2023 comes to a close. Today, I want to highlight the urgent need to pass a long- term--a…
this is a sad day. When we thought we had a victory for those across the Nation who are awaiting an organ for transplant, we found that they were thwarted by a system that was allied against them--a corrupt system, an internal system that…
To close, I reemphasize what Mr. Cohen from Tennessee said. This is a bipartisan and bicameral effort to protect our guardsmen and our reservists as they are returning back after having served in Active Duty. This is an important measure…
I am of the view that one of the most consequential votes that any Senator will make in their time in the U.S. Senate is one that we are facing now: the national security supplemental. I am here to encourage its passage--a national…
I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for yielding me a few minutes to speak on this rule. The rule that I rise in support of governs H.J. Res. 88. This joint resolution, which is proposed today, disapproves of the final rule submitted by…
today, I would like to discuss one of the many critical topics we face in the country, in the Congress, in the Senate--Federal spending. We are certainly focused upon the issues that we are trying to bring together in regard to an…
thank you for the opportunity to address my colleagues here on the Senate floor today. I come here with a smile on my face because the individuals I want to recognize today are friends, and they are wonderful people who have made a…
I've been asking the VA for the last month for clarity on their path forward and yet to receive a response.
I want to take this opportunity today to once again call on Secretary McDonough to do what I think is the right thing and reverse course on this rule before it jeopardizes Veteran lives.
I'm grateful for the hard work that the VA leaders and frontline staff provided during the pandemic.
I'm grateful for the hard work that the VA leaders and frontline staff provided during the pandemic.
I hope the VA witnesses will be able to tell me how the VA's emergency preparedness efforts are addressing that challenge.
I've been asking the VA for the last month for clarity on their path forward and yet to receive a response.
I want to take this opportunity today to once again call on Secretary McDonough to do what I think is the right thing and reverse course on this rule before it jeopardizes Veteran lives.
I hope the VA witnesses will be able to tell me how the VA's emergency preparedness efforts are addressing that challenge.
I want to take this opportunity today to once again call on Secretary McDonough to do what I think is the right thing and reverse course on this rule before it jeopardizes Veteran lives.
I've been asking the VA for the last month for clarity on their path forward and yet to receive a response.
I want to hear how the VA is leveraging the lessons learned from, during the pandemic to improve the Department's capacity to care for Veterans.
I'm grateful for the hard work that the VA leaders and frontline staff provided during the pandemic.
I have heard from a number of Kansans, VA healthcare workers specifically, who are worried about their ability to efficiently and effectively respond to crisis scenarios.
I continue to believe that the circumstances we face on our borders and elsewhere around our country continue to be a national security challenge for us.
today, I join many who mourn the passing and I honor the life of a Kansan I had the privilege of knowing and working with: Nestor R. Weigand, Jr. Mr. Weigand was a blessing to all who knew him, and he improved the lives of many around him…





