If we're telling our widows that we simply can't fix the DIC, because you won't find anyone who will tell you this makes any moral sense whatsoever.

MOAA recommends the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs approve the 'Honor America's Guard and Reserve Retirees Act'.

FRA appreciates the leadership of Rep. Timothy Walz's companion bill (H.R. 1025) that has passed the House by voice vote.

FRA appreciates the increased burial plot allowance from $300 to $700 effective October 1, 2011.

We greatly appreciate Senator Mark Pryor's leadership for introducing a Senate companion measure, S. 491, the 'Honor American's Guard-Reserve Retirees.'

Ending homelessness among Veterans is a top priority for the President, VA Secretary Shinseki, many other federal agencies and this Association.

It's a clean bill, and it's good, and I think it's the right thing for you guys to pass out this year.

I urge the House Committee on Agriculture to re-align our nation's food and farming priorities in such a way that the playing field for small farm business is leveled.

Thus, we urge the House Agriculture Committee to include at least $25 million annual mandatory funds for BFRDP to meet the need of today's aspiring farmers and ranchers.

I urge the House Committee on Agriculture to support the following amendments: Family Farms First and Training for Beginning Farmers.

We need a farm bill that helps the margins, not re-establishes the status quo.