Larry Kissell

It should be a legislative decision so that we make sure that our veterans, as we continue to have them come home, as we continue to see these symptoms maybe take on different versions, that we take care of our veterans.

When folks stand up and wear our flag, in combat or in peacetime, they deserve the honor and respect.

Current law affording military honors to veterans convicted of sexual abuse is an affront to decency.

I thank my friend and colleague from Georgia for the time, and I rise in full support of his motion to instruct the conferees to support the Keystone pipeline. A lot of numbers and a lot of facts have been given out. I will not repeat…

democracy can be unpredictable, as we are seeing in some of the results of Arab Spring heading in different directions

I would like to thank my colleague for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I do rise in strong support of H.R. 1160, the McKinley National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act. I'd like to thank the chairman, ranking member, and staff of the Natural…

I thank my friend for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to insert into the Record 27,000 petitions from American Textile Workers expressing opposition to the Korean free trade agreement.

It is very important for folks to hear that when you do get along, you get things accomplished.

Are you concerned at all about creating a subdivision of have nots within our rural areas because they do not have access to broadband?

This is a very simple, to-the-point amendment. We have heard recently about members of our armed services traveling on official military business being charged excess baggage fees by our commercial airlines here in the United States. This…

I would like to thank my colleague for yielding to me. Mr. Chairman, for 70 years, as my colleague pointed out, the Berry Amendment has served this Nation well. It has given our fine military forces the best of American-made equipment and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

From the time that I first came to Congress, I have continued to be a strong supporter of our seniors' issues and standing by our seniors. Today, I rise in support of another issue that our seniors are facing today, the issue of the future…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3116, the Berry Amendment Extension Act. For over 60 years, the Berry Amendment has served as the law by which the Department of Defense has had to purchase uniforms for our military. It has…

The strength of America is shown in many ways--the strength of our military and its personnel and families that make up our service, but also shown in the strength of a strong economy and as many Americans working as possible. This…

As a son of a World War II veteran and coming from a part of North Carolina that has a high proportion of veterans and as a student of history, we take full honor and pride in any opportunity to talk about our veterans and what they've…

This is a first step towards allowing our universities and colleges to be able to produce, once again, programmers of tomorrow to understand the importance of securing the software and the networks that are so important to us in so many…

We have spent $32 billion in reconstruction in Afghanistan, but, as Mr. Marshall pointed out, reconstruction from what?