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.

A Nation that cannot care for those and the widows who sacrificed so much is just not financially broke, they are morally broke.

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

Sequestration is not only wrong-headed, it's dangerous.

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.

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

And what this--what we want added to is the non-service-connected blinded veterans who have incomes less than $20,000 a year.

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.

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.