Jerry Moran

I look forward to working with you, Chairman Menendez.

I look forward to working with you, Mr. Chairman.

I have expressed concerns about outreach efforts to our underbanked communities.

The problem with this bill is that it singles out Federal employees by threatening and accusing them, suggesting that there is an endemic problem within the Federal Government, and there isn't.

Can you, Secretary Petzel, bring me up to date on chiropractic services within the VA?

One of the aspects that we have focused on is entrepreneurship and startup businesses.

It remains a priority for me. Again, the rural nature of Kansas chiropractic care is a significant way that health care services are delivered, and it may be the same pattern.

The VA, in my view, was very slow. This is before either one of your time, but very slow in incorporating the mandate, the requirement that the VA provide for chiropractic care within the VA system.

I appreciate that and look forward to your response.

We would like to work with you to see that it moves up as quickly as possible.

We talked about CBOCs. Kansas is a very rural State--long distances to travel to the VA hospital.

I visited, as you may know, with Secretary LaHood, who told me that he would like to be helpful in the cause, but indicated the administration opposed my amendment.

I have objected to the unanimous consent request, and in addition to my concern that while there are amendments that are fine with me if they are made pending and brought before the floor for a vote, I would object because we would move to…

Let me ask the majority leader if the two amendments listed in his unanimous consent, No. 98 and No. 82, are considered, then following that we would move to final action on the bill--on the substitute as potentially amended; is that…

What process is in place that allows you to prioritize those claims in which, if you fail to provide the benefits, the veteran suffers dramatically?

You can sense the frustration that many of us have on this topic and part of it is that we have heard the potential for success so many times without seeing the results that we want to see.

Now it seems to me that the health care side of VA has done things that apparently the benefits side has not because the number of complaints about the quality and access to health care has diminished significantly and the number of…

I, along with a united Virginia congressional delegation, do believe that northern Virginia would make the ideal location for the new FBI headquarters.

I really do believe that we can unlock lots of opportunities for Americans in job creation.

I thank the Senator from Kentucky for responding to my questions.

Perhaps, Mr. President, finally, I would ask the Senator from Kentucky, while this opportunity to discuss this issue on the Senate floor has occurred today, it certainly is an opportunity for the American people to understand a significant…

To the Senator from Kentucky, what is the logical extension of a decision that it is constitutional to utilize a drone by our military to strike at the life of an American citizen in the United States? And I would say, if the Senator would…

We are producing more oil and gas on public lands now than we were during the last years of the Bush Administration.

I do not want to see a solution, one of slaughtering the young and healthy horses, particularly the wild Mustangs.

I really am interested to know what the Department's long-term plan to humanely deal with wild horses and burros is.