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Richard Burr

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Richard Burr is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Burr has focused on issues such as veterans' health care and the relationship between the Department of Veterans Affairs and academic institutions. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving services for veterans and enhancing the efficiency of government programs.

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May 16, 2011

We are almost a year into this recommendation, without approval of an adjuvant.

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May 16, 2011

The Pandemic and All Hazard Preparedness Act answered the critical question of who is in charge through the creation of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

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May 10, 2011

The Petersburg National Battlefield faces threats to physical resources and to the visitor experience from incompatible residential, commercial and industrial development.

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May 10, 2011

All my questions will be submitted in writing to all the appropriate people.

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May 10, 2011

A $700 million impact is a little undershooting the impact of our national park presence in North Carolina, but we are grateful to you for your initiative.

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May 10, 2011

Twenty-one bills is simply too many for one hearing to thoroughly understand.

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May 4, 2011

Personally if I had it to do over again, I'd love to see the focus of this on how we remove the authority that we gave to FERC.

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Apr 12, 2011

I would ask you, Ray, to figure out what Department of Labor can do.

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Apr 12, 2011

There is something wrong here. This is not difficult.

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Apr 12, 2011

So how can we all admit how well trained they are, and the only thing that separates them from where they are today and a job is a certificate saying that they have 15 years as an electrician? Something is crazy wrong with this.

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Apr 12, 2011

I applaud you for the effort. I applaud the administration for focusing government attention on this.

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Apr 12, 2011

The cream of the crop of America's youth serve in our military. When they enter the military, they raised their right hand and they swear an oath to the people of this country in front of God that they will be willing to give their life in…

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Apr 12, 2011

Is there anything that we are currently doing out there that is initiated by government that actually works?

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Apr 12, 2011

Now if they are career, they are getting a lot of education while they are in the military, but the education that the young ones are getting, they do not realize it.

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Apr 12, 2011

These are elementary to employment opportunities regardless of whether you are a servicemember or a graduate out of high school.

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Apr 12, 2011

Our problem today is putting veterans in a job. It is enabling them to get a paycheck and to feel the worth of the service that they committed to.

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Apr 12, 2011

The model of the way forward is not to replicate what we have been doing.

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Apr 12, 2011

On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank all four of you for your personal commitment to serve this country.

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Apr 12, 2011

We cannot leave our Nation's veterans behind.

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Apr 12, 2011

Who should be held responsible for the pitiful placement of our country's veterans, which agency?

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Apr 12, 2011

But I hope that for the programs that do not measure outcomes, that you are as disgusted as I am that we would continue to fund those efforts.

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Apr 12, 2011

It seems like we always come together and talk about the cookie-cutter programs that we come up with.

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Apr 12, 2011

All but three of those programs overlapped with at least one other program and five programs that specifically targeted veterans provided seven similar types of services.

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Apr 12, 2011

It is time to take real and comprehensive steps to put our veterans back to work.

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