Richard Burr

Senator Burr has introduced legislation, S. 581, the Child Care Protection Act, to require a comprehensive background check for licensed care and those receiving CCDBG subsidies.

Quality. I think that is a word that we can all buy off on.

Would the Administration support my criminal background check bill?

It is way past over due.

I look forward to what this newly constructed subcommittee will be working on.

I perceive that it is problematic for the Committee to have the Department of Defense, specifically TRICARE, be the provider to this population.

Senator Burr's bill, S. 277 is a step in the right direction in rectifying this tragic situation.

I want to personally thank you Madam Chairman and Senator Burr, the Ranking Member and senior Senator from my home state of North Carolina, for providing me this opportunity to testify in support of S. 277, the Caring for Camp Lejeune…

Senator Burr's bill, S. 277, is a step in the right direction in rectifying this tragic situation.

I hope the Senators on this Committee will take a closer look at this issue and seriously consider the scope and severity of the contamination.

I have been through two Administrations and multiple people who fill your role come in and share with the Chairman and me the great plan that they had in effect to reduce the backlog, yet annually I have seen the backlog increase and…

I cannot imagine any company in America not referring to their counsel or to outside counsel an allegation by an employee or a customer of sexual charges.

We could spend a day with just the VA alone.

I think the VA has made the greatest, simplest claim as to why this bill ought to become law.

Sometimes common sense has to trump trying to look for some major breakthrough that is not being used.

I would be willing to bet that there is not a VSO--and I will ask them at the next hearing how many of them know that you have got an incentive program.

Well, VA has estimated the cost in the past.

I would think that anyone here today who found out that the water they had been drinking contained gasoline would find that a little alarming.

I want to make sure we pay for those benefits and the services by looking at other programs and looking at cuts.

The Navy of continuing to mischaracterize a 2009 report by the National Academy of the Sciences' National Research Council.

I am committed to providing veterans and their families with the benefits they need and they deserve.

Reducing or eliminating overlap could actually help agencies provide better services and save billions of dollars each and every year.

Our Nation is faced with staggering deficits and debt and is on a fiscal path that is unsustainable.

This cannot be allowed to continue. It seems like it occurs almost every time we have a hearing.

I hope it is the last time.