Charles Q. Brown: “There would be no effect on veterans... if this Congress would just do its job and pass a clean funding bill.”

By taking these courageous steps and others, we will be better prepared to meet one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century.

But be clear, we do want it to decrease access to loans at interest rates so high they ruin people's lives.

My legislation, The Final Farewell Act, will make it easier for families with religious and cultural traditions to bury their loved ones at a time that works for them.

We need to remember taking care of veterans needs to be figured in as a cost of war.