the unemployment rate for young veterans reached over 27 percent in February 2011, much higher than the non-veterans of that age.

But if we don't have Mo-99, if we have an undersupply or no supply, what does that do to patient care?

I'm not sure what happened to, if you like it you get to keep it. But you said, 'Americans will have more control over their health care.' My conclusion, after reading the plan numerous times, what we've done is, the Federal Government has…

I join my colleague from North Carolina in praising the nomination of Judge Albert Diaz, and urge my colleagues to approve this nomination. The Fourth Circuit has suffered for some time under partisan politics. Good nominees have fallen by…

The threat of nuclear engagement between the United States and Russia has diminished greatly since we began arms reduction talks with the Soviets in the 1970s. It is a credit to the agreements of past years that the strategic relationship…

Mr. Smith brings to this position both tremendous expertise and a deep commitment to the strengthening of our housing finance system for the American people.

I have got this memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs, dated November 22, 2010, and it says that the duty to assist as demonstrated in an order and examinations for securing private medical records do not apply in this program.

Do we monitor whether they are given meaningful work, meaningful assignments?

Am I naive to believe that part of our assessment should be how many people complete the process in the agreed-upon timeline?

I would love to know how extensive the VA presence is abroad given the challenges we have at home.

I think it is absolutely incumbent on those of us here to ask the obvious questions to make sure that we have gone through the thought process.

Obviously, with the VA system, any services provided would be remotely because we do not plan to stand up VA facilities outside the country.