Thad Cochran: “I'm extremely grateful, and would like to thank you again for your ongoing support of nursing research.”

This Committee has consistently recommended funding for increased medical research.

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

I would like to review for the Senate the status of appropriations for fiscal year 2018. The Appropriations Committee has marked up 8 of the 12 regular appropriations bills for this fiscal year. The committee has also processed two…

I am pleased to commend Maj. Matthew W. Taylor, USAF, for his dedication to duty and service as an Air Force legislative fellow. Matt, a special operations pilot, was recently selected to be the assistant to the Vice Commander of the…