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

It makes little sense to be shrinking our Navy just months after the announcement of a strategy that would shift emphasis to Asia.

On rollcall No. 468, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________

What this does is it basically puts coal companies out of business.

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.