W. Todd Akin: “What you are saying, Congressman Kingston, a billion here and a billion there, that starts to add up, doesn't it?”

The men and women who volunteer to serve our Nation put themselves at great risk, and we owe them a great debt of gratitude and honor.

The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review concluded that the effective use of the Guard and Reserves will lower overall personnel and operating costs.

I want to thank the VSO's both for expressing their support of my legislation and for their efforts on behalf of our Nation's veterans and their families.

I know the party voters took a look at our hearts, understood who we were, had a chance to meet us in many, many different ways, and made a decision, and it makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate who…