I understand that in the current economic situation we are faced with it is especially important to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.

Clearly, this legislation has brought together a number of unlikely allies in support of our Nation's veterans.

I want to be very clear. Our VA facilities and the polytrauma centers are providing the best care anywhere in the world.

You are absolutely right. That was the piece of legislation, the qualifying language on quality of life.

This piece of legislation is aimed at closing the gaps in current law that have an effect of denying some veterans with severe TBI from achieving optimum outcomes.

You are truly the voice of a grateful Nation to provide the care and benefits that our warriors so bravely earned.

Abusive behavior, like the kind documented by GAO, is unacceptable in any form.

I am pleased to sponsor this legislation with our Chairman, Jeff Miller, and with Ranking Members Bob Filner and Mike Michaud as co-sponsors.

But for it to be found in what should be an environment of caring for our honored veterans is simply intolerable and unacceptable.

Madam Speaker, I am told on a daily basis by my Republican colleagues what the American people want. I certainly respect the election certificates of my colleagues. I would ask they respect mine. I also am not sure where they find the time…

Madam Speaker, it is my honor to rise today to congratulate Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, on 150 years of academic excellence. For a century and a half, Gustavus Adolphus College has thrived as a prestigious and…