Finding ways to fix the chronic problems with VA's claims processing must be a top priority.

And I would also ask that once you have made the evaluations, let us not wait for a hearing to provide the Committee with your observations on the success or failure of those pilot programs.

I rise to congratulate North Carolina native John Isner for not only surviving the longest tennis match in Wimbledon history but for emerging victorious over Nicolas Mahut of France. Clocking in at over 11 hours, this first round match was…

We are trying to have replacement vehicles over the combustible engine for some portion of America.

this joint resolution recognizes the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean war, as well as honoring the strong friendship between the United States and the Republic of Korea. June 25 is a very important day, not only in Korean…

I can tell my colleagues I had my staff go to the Roosevelt Library. We didn't just leave it up to the study done by the Senate. We can find no promise--no promise by President Roosevelt, no promise by General MacArthur, no promise by…

I intended to call up my amendment that proposes the Secretary of the Veterans' Administration have the authority to take any savings realized during the bid process on major construction projects and use it to fund other authorized…

Quality early childhood education and childcare are essential for ensuring that all children, regardless of their socioeconomic status, race, or disability, enter school ready to learn and, more importantly, ready to succeed.

Quality early childhood education and childcare are critically important to ensure that future generations of students are prepared for the 21st century.

To ensure children age birth to 5 have the best start possible, it is essential that all of our Federal programs--ESEA, Head Start, the Childcare Development Block Grant, and IDEA--work together.

These findings are a testament to the importance of quality care and education for children ages birth to 5.

So if it did not extend hunting, then hunting would be lost on the acquired lands?