RUSS CARNAHAN: “Providing support to those who were injured or became ill in service to our country is of paramount importance.”

Thank you. I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland for his leadership on this issue as this Congress shuts down. It was Harry Truman from Missouri who coined the term the ``do- nothing Congress'' in 1948. But that Congress was 10 times…

Separating servicemembers should not wait more than a year for their assessments and benefits.

The original Violence Against Women Act was championed by then-Senator Joe Biden, who understood that all women must be protected from domestic abuse and violence. He understood that many women are afraid to come forward to report abuse…

What I think we should do is prevent access to the U.S. market by Chinese firms, the same way that they cobble our firms.