It takes courage, though, to do that, right?

I thank the ranking member for your support of this important piece of legislation. As you heard, we are here once again. We had a piece of legislation that attempted to, as I think the chairman spoke about, address an issue that cuts to…

``If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that…

When I think now people from Maine, I think of Mr. Michaud, no nonsense, practical, hearty, dependable, consistent, all those things.

I thank the gentleman from Texas, and a special thank you to my friend, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Latta). This is a commonsense piece of legislation, but I think it is important to note, for many of us, and my colleague mentioned, last…

I want to extend my thanks to Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Michaud. I think an American public which, many times, thinks all politics is is bickering and fighting and pettiness needs to see the two examples that these leaders show…

I also yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5714. The question was…

I urge my colleagues to support this measure so we can pass it quickly into law and start addressing an issue that all of us know happens all too often.

The model of the Veterans Administration basically comes straight from Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural.

My bill H.R. 4977 the Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act, COVER we call it, will help remedy this tragic problem.

Vietnam Veterans of America have held numerous over 100, almost 150 now of town hall meetings all across the country asking veterans about their exposures to Agent Orange and how they think it affected their families.

H.R. 5059 is the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act. It is an example of how we get things right on Capitol Hill.