John Baldacci

The Texas Compact Act was passed by a floor vote of 309-107 in the House. The Texas compact has bipartisan support in its member States, in Congress and in the Nation. Congress has approved nine similar compacts for 41 States without…

My heart and prayers and sympathies go out to the families of John Gibson and Officer J.J. Chestnut, for they made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms and liberty and put their lives on the line, and their families will never be…

This is not a new concern. Last year the House VA-HUD conference report requested a GAO study of how the VERA system affects the VISNs. We had expected this report to be concluded by this point so we could have the information before…

To ensure that this year's appropriation bill provides adequate resources to every VISN to provide every veteran with the quality health care to which he or she is entitled, I would ask the chairman and ranking member to assure the body…

Maine unfortunately leads the Nation in the category of teenage smoking and the increases in teenage smoking. Over 3,000 children every day are getting hooked on cigarettes and a thousand of them are dying because of it. ... But since it…

I rise to issue my strong support for it. The ice storm of 1998 devastated 4 States in the Northeast. The damage was unlike anything ever experienced, and it was severe. This amendment will provide funding through community development…

This bill is a technical bill that only delays the implementation on both borders. It does not show a preference on one border or the other. It delays the implementation of the rule on both borders, so it is not showing preference. This is…